Laveno-Mombello

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Laveno-Mombello
coat of arms
Laveno-Mombello (Italy)
Laveno-Mombello
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 45 ° 54 '  N , 8 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 54 '0 "  N , 8 ° 37' 0"  E
height 205  m slm
surface 25 km²
Residents 8,645 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 346 inhabitants / km²
Factions Casere , Cerro , Mombello , Ponte
Post Code 21014
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012087
Popular name lavenesi
Patron saint Philip ( May 3 ), James the Elder ( July 25 )
Website Laveno Mombello
Laveno Mombello municipality in the province of Varese
Aristide Marchetti
Ettore Pedotti
Renato Pozzetto

Laveno-Mombello is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The community lives mainly from weekend tourism from Milan . From Laveno there is a car ferry to Verbania- Intra (the only ferry connection across Lake Maggiore), which makes the place very important in terms of transport. From here there is also a direct train connection to Milan. The municipality covers an area of ​​25  km² . The Casere, Cerro, Mombello and Ponte fractions belong to Laveno-Mombello. Neighboring municipalities are Caravate , Castelveccana , Cittiglio , Ghiffa ( Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province ), Leggiuno , Sangiano , Stresa (VB) and Verbania (VB).

history

The origin of the name of the place from the Roman general Labienus , who is said to have fought a battle against the Gauls at today's Mombello , is not certain, which is said to have given the site the name "mons belli" (mountain of war).

In the Middle Ages it was a village that was inhabited by fishermen. The most important noble families were the Visconti and Borromeo families , to whom the area was granted, the Tinelli di Gorla, the Counts Guilizzoni and the Sessa de Ceresolo, owners of the village of Ceresolo in Cerro. From the nineteenth century it housed the famous ceramic factories, which were among the largest in Europe. The factories that have now been closed have turned into a ceramic museum, one of the most interesting museums in the city.

In 1856 a ceramic industry emerged in Laveno , which was important until the 1970s, but has almost completely disappeared today.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1809 1853 1861 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 550 786 * 1718 1241 1547 1848 2003 2473 5798 6749 8695 8883 8736 8905 8703 8684

Attractions

Sacred buildings

  • Provost church of Santi Filippo e Giacomo, called Chiesa Vecchia , mentioned in 1315
  • Church of Santa Maria in Ca 'Deserta (mentioned 1081)
  • Church of Sant'Ambrogio, named Chiesa Nuova (1940), architect: Paolo Mezzanotte
  • Church of Madonna Immacolata (1728)
  • Parish church of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice in the district of Ponte di Laveno (1930)
  • Parish church Invenzione di Santo Stefano in the Mombello fraction with organ (1874) by the brothers Pietro and Lorenzo Bernasconi
  • Oratory of Santa Maria di Corte in Mombello, mentioned in the 13th century
  • Oratory of San Michele
  • Church of Santi Nazario, Celso and Defendente in the district of Ceresolo , mentioned in the 10th century
  • Beata Vergine del Pianto church in the district of Cerro .

Civil buildings

  • Villa De Angeli-Frua
  • Former Palazzo Comunale (Municipal House) (1878), architect: Marco Porta
  • Palazzo del Bostano in the Mombello district, a former humiliation monastery
  • Palazzo Guilizzoni-Perabò in the district of Cerro , Museum of the History of Ceramics or Museo Internazionale Design Ceramico - Civica Raccolta di Terraglia
  • Cable car Laveno- Poggio Sant'Elsa (974 m above sea level)

Personalities

  • Ettore Pedotti (born March 8, 1842 in Laveno; † January 6, 1919 in Rome ), general, politician, senator and Minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
  • Ernesto De Angeli (born January 29, 1849 in Laveno, † January 17, 1907 in Milan ), entrepreneur
  • Luigi Russolo (born April 30, 1885 in Portogruaro , † February 4, 1947 in Cerro di Laveno), futuristic painter and composer
  • Luciano Scotti (born December 9, 1885 in Vittuone ; † December 21, 1956 there), entrepreneur and politician
  • Marco Costantini (born May 12, 1915 in Laveno; May 5, 2003 ibid), engraver
  • Aristide Marchetti (born June 2, 1920 Laveno-Mombello, † December 9, 1994 in Rome), partisan , politician, anti-fascist
  • Domenico Parola (born February 15, 1945 in Laveno, † April 15, 1998 in Besozzo ), football player and coach
  • Corrado Roi (born February 11, 1958 in Laveno-Mombello), cartoonist
  • Renato Pozzetto (born July 14, 1940 in Laveno-Mombello), an Italian comedian, actor and film director

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 226.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Laveno Online in Italian.

gallery

  • Laveno on Lake Maggiore

  • Laveno

  • Laveno by night

  • Sant'Ambrogio Church

  • Laveno, panorama

  • Church of Santi Filippo e Giacomo

Web links

Commons : Laveno-Mombello  - album with pictures, 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.