Castelseprio

Castelseprio
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Varese  (VA)
Local name	Sibrion or Sever
Coordinates	45 ° 43 '  N , 8 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 43 '1 "  N , 8 ° 51' 41"  E
height	310  m slm
surface	3.88 km²
Residents	1,305 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	336 inhabitants / km²
Factions	Castelseprio (Scavi), Vico Seprio
Post Code	21050
prefix	0331
ISTAT number	012044
Popular name	sepriesi
Patron saint	Mater Dolorosa ( September 15 )
Website	Castelseprio

Castelseprio municipality in the province of Varese

Castrum Castelseprio

Ruin of the Baptistery of San Giovanni Battista

Fresco by the painter Master of Castelseprio

The church of Santa Maria foris Portas

Fresco by the painter Master of Castelseprio

Castelseprio is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality is located about 10.5 kilometers south-southeast of Varese on the Olona and covers an area of ​​3.88  km² . The districts of Castel Seprio and Vico Seprio and the hamlet of Cascina Brughera belong to Castelseprio. The tenor forms the western municipal boundary . The neighboring municipalities are Cairate , Carnago , Gornate-Olona and Lonate Ceppino .

population

Population development
year	1751	1771	1853	1859	1881	1901	1921	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011	2016	2017	2018
Residents	301	364	* 466	491	557	584	602	732	923	1097	1237	1281	1300	1293	1311

• 1809 Merger with Carnago in 1809
• 1928 Merger with Carnago in 1928

history

Castelseprio is one of an important archaeological site in northern Italy with European significance. The church of Santa Maria foris Portas , which belongs to the monastery complex of Torba , has its origins in the 7th / 8th centuries. Century. It belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage with the name " The Lombards in Italy, Places of Power (568 to 774 AD) ".

Attractions

• Parish Church of Santa Maria foris Porta
• Castrum Castelseprio (ruin)

Personalities

• Bernardino de Conti (* 1450 in Castelseprio; † 1525 in Pavia ), son of Baldassare, painter of the Renaissance, active in Madonna del Sasso in Orselina

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 203.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Castelseprio Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Castelseprio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Castelseprio (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 17, 2015.
• Castelseprio (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia/
• Castelseprio (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it/
• Castelseprio (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Conti, Bernardino de ' . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 332 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ Bernardino de 'Conti (Italian) on treccani.it/enciclopedia; accessed on December 18, 2016.