Gorla Maggiore

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Gorla Maggiore
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Gorla Maggiore (Italy)
Gorla Maggiore
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Gòrla
Coordinates 45 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 54 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 40 ′ 10 "  N , 8 ° 53 ′ 40"  E
height 254  m slm
surface 5 km²
Residents 4,947 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 989 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 21050
prefix 0331
ISTAT number 012078
Popular name gorlesi
Patron saint Assumption of the Virgin Mary ( August 15 )
Website Gorla Maggiore
Gorla Maggiore municipality in the province of Varese
Oratory Santi Vitale e Valeria

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

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​5 km², is 10 km from the city of Busto Arsizio and is on the banks of the Olona river . The neighboring municipalities are Carbonate ( CO ), Fagnano Olona , Gorla Minore , Locate Varesino (CO), Mozzate (CO) and Solbiate Olona .

history

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In Roman times, Gorla was located in the border area between the Municipio of Comum (now Como ) and Mediolanum ( Milan ), of which one can find land borders that slope down to the south, as well as an extensive forest area against which one can lean against the city limits, the remains of trees were clearly visible until the 19th century. The village was already inhabited between the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, as evidenced by the discovery of a Traiano coin from the year 103. A new resumption of the settlement could be hypothetical with the advent of Diocletian in the 3rd century when Milan became the capital of the Western Roman Empire and all the surrounding areas saw the allocation of new settlers and soldiers.

After the Lombards conquered Milan in 569, the territory was redistributed, including Seprio , to which Gorla belonged. It was the institution of the arimannie , the patrimonial property of the crown, which was given to the fare (warrior groups) in exchange for a guard duty in usufruct .

With the conquest of Seprios by the Visconti family and the associated establishment of the Duchy of Milan (1395), Galeazzo Visconti published an advance on August 17, 1536, which concluded an agreement between Count Vitaliano Visconti-Borromeo and several men from the Gorlesian community the payment of a census on Martin's Day by this created.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1853 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2016 2017 2018
Residents 660 626 1258 1601 1792 2150 2682 3424 4598 4836 5081 4983 4982 4984

Attractions

  • Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta in its current state dates back to 1850. Only the Romanesque bell tower (with the exception of the bell tower) has remained from the previous building.
  • Oratory Santi Vitale e Valeria: in 1580 a floor plan shows the shape of the church in its first phase. Overall, the church was expanded and changed several times in 1580, 1619 and 1900, which reflects the shape in which it is today.
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  • San Carlo Church. After the plague of 1630, the bodies were reportedly buried in the church's basement, although there is no documentary evidence of this. It is very likely that the basement was used as a hospital during the cholera epidemic that broke out in 1854 and left 101 dead (one tenth of the population at the time). This was confirmed in 1927 when excavations were carried out to clean the basement in order to remove the continuous miasms that came from them. Various skeletons were found, some of them in strange positions, suggesting that elements affected by a serious illness were isolated in extreme cases.

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Gorla Maggiore  - 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.