Erba (Lombardy)

Erba
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como  (CO)
Local name	Erba
Coordinates	45 ° 49 '  N , 9 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 48 '40 "  N , 9 ° 13' 50"  E
height	320  m slm
surface	18.13 km²
Residents	16,335 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	901 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22036
prefix	031
ISTAT number	013095
Popular name	Inheritance
Patron saint	Birth of Mary ( September 8th )
Website	Erba
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Erba is an Italian city with 16,335 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Como in Lombardy .

geography

Erba is about 13 km east of Como in the Brianza . The districts are Arcellasco , Bindella , Buccinigo , California , Campolongo , Carpesino , Crevenna , Incasate , Mevate and Sassonia . The neighboring communities are Albavilla , Caslino d'Erba , Castelmarte , Eupilio , Faggeto Lario , Longone al Segrino , Merone , Monguzzo , Ponte Lambro and Proserpio .

The place can be reached via the A9 motorway exit Como. Erba has a train station on the Milan - Asso railway line .

Santa Eufemia Church

Casiglio Castle

history

The origin of the community is unknown. People already settled here in Roman times. In 1926, Erba merged with seven surrounding towns.

Attractions

• The old town is worth seeing.
• The church of Santa Eufemia (10th century) was built in the Romanesque style.
• Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo (18th century)
• Santa Maria Maddalena Church (15th century)
• Medieval Church of San Pietro (12th century)
• San Maurizio Church (1741/1744)
• Oratorio dei Magi (1509)
• Oratory of Sant'Ambrogio (15th century)
• Villa Amalia (1485) and Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli (1485)
• Old Carpani house (14th century)
• Monumento ai caduti (1926–1932), architect: Giuseppe Terragni
• The two castles Casiglio and Pomerio can also be seen.

Trivia

During the soccer World Cup in Italy in 1990 , the German national soccer team stayed in the luxury hotel "Castello di Casiglio" in Erba. The team of trainer Franz Beckenbauer with stars like Lothar Matthäus , Andreas Brehme , Jürgen Klinsmann and Rudi Völler became soccer world champions at the tournament.

Town twinning

Erba maintains partnerships with the cities of Fellbach in Baden-Württemberg as well as Tain-l'Hermitage and Tournon-sur-Rhône in France.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Aristide Pirovano (1915–1997), Roman Catholic clergyman, prelate of Macapá in Brazil
• Giampietro Pontiggia, alias Giampiero Neri (born April 7, 1927), poet
• Ezio Frigerio (* 1930), stage and costume designer
• Donato Ogliari (* 1956), Benedictine, Archabbot of Montecassino
• Moreno Torricelli (* 1970), football player and coach
• Mauro Santambrogio (* 1984), racing cyclist
• Davide Valsecchi (* 1987), racing car driver
• Gerosa family winemakers

Connected to the city

• Amedeo Angilella (* 1905 in Nola , † 2005 in Erba), painter
• Giancarlo Puecher Passavalli (born August 23, 1923 in Milan , † December 23, 1943 in Erba), military
• Diego Lorenzi (born November 14, 1939), priest and missionary, lives in Erba

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 277.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Erba Online

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Church of Santa Eufemia (photo)
3. ↑ Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo (photo)
4. ↑ Church of Santa Maria Maddalena (photo)
5. ↑ Medieval Church of San Pietro (photo)
6. ↑ Church of San Maurizio (photo)
7. ↑ Oratorio dei Magi (photo)
8. ↑ Sant'Ambrogio Oratory (photo)
9. ↑ Villa Amalia (photo)
10. ↑ Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli (photo)
11. ↑ Carpani old house (photo)
12. ↑ Monumento ai caduti ( First World War ) (photo)