Golasecca

Golasecca
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Varese  (VA)
Coordinates	45 ° 42 ′  N , 8 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 39 ′ 0 ″  E
height	280  m slm
surface	7.44 km²
Residents	2,635 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	354 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	21010
prefix	0331
ISTAT number	012077
Popular name	golasecchesi
Patron saint	Assumption of the Virgin Mary ( August 15 )
Website	Golasecca

Golasecca municipality in the province of Varese

Diga della Miorina

Eonochoé (450 BC) found in the necropolis

Golasecca is a municipality with 2635 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Varese ( Lombardy ) in Italy .

geography

The municipality is located on the Ticino River and covers an area of ​​7.44  km² . The neighboring municipalities are Castelletto sopra Ticino ( NO ), Sesto Calende , Somma Lombardo and Vergiate .

history

The place was named for the Golasecca culture of the Iron Age .

population

Population development
year	1751	1805	1853	1881	1901	1921	1951	1971	1991	2001	2011	2016	2017	2018
Residents	1200	1287	* 1604	1926	1876	1607	1985	2430	2531	2485	253	2714	2704	2729

• 1811 Merger with Sesto Calende

Attractions

• Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta (1846/1849)
• Romanesque church of San Michele (12th century)
• San Rocco church (14th century) with frescoes San Rocco , San Sebastiano , Cosma e Damiano ; Madonna in the apse and Visconti coat of arms
• Church of Santi Simone e Giuda or del Lazzaretto
• Santa Maria degli Angeli church (15th century)
• Church of Sant'Antonio abate
• Oratory of San Pietro al pescatore
• Fountain Ul Navel (1898)
• Centro Multimediale Museale per l'Archeologia
• Il Monsorino necropolis
• Antiquarium in the parish hall with paleontological finds (Golasecca I and II)
• Diga della Miorina

Personalities

• Filippo Pagnamenta (1826–1892), Councilor and Major General

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 180.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Golasecca Online in Italian.

Elm Negau (460 BC) found in the Golasecca necropolis

Web links

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

• Golasecca (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed December 21, 2015.
• Golasecca (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia
• Golasecca (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
• Golasecca (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va
• Golasecca on de.lagomaggiore.net, accessed November 25, 2015

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.