Magenta (Lombardy)

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Magenta (Italy)
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Country Italy
region Lombardy
Metropolitan city Milan  (MI)
Local name magenta
Coordinates 45 ° 28 '  N , 8 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 28 '0 "  N , 8 ° 53' 0"  E
height 138  m slm
surface 21 km²
Residents 24,388 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,161 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 20013
prefix 02
ISTAT number 015130
Popular name Magentini
Patron saint San Martino di Tours , San Rocco , San Biagio
Website magenta
Magenta, San Martino Church

Magenta is a municipality with 24,388 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Milan , Lombardy region . The film producer Carlo Ponti (1912–2007) and the canonized Gianna Beretta Molla (1922–1962) were born in Magenta.

The neighboring towns of Magenta are Marcallo con Casone , Santo Stefano Ticino , Corbetta , Boffalora sopra Ticino , Robecco sul Naviglio and Cerano (NO).

history

Magenta was probably a settlement of the Insubres tribe , which was founded in the 5th century BC. In 222 the area was conquered by the Romans. The place name Magenta is derived from the name of the Roman fortress castrum Maxentiae . After the fall of the Western Roman Empire , the place fell under the control of the Lombards .

Magenta was destroyed twice in the Middle Ages, once in 1162 by Frederick I and in 1356 by troops who fought against the Visconti . Legend has it that this is where Henry VII was stopped by a snow storm while he was marching on Milan. In 1398 Gian Galeazzo Visconti handed over the area of ​​the place to the Carthusian monastery of Pavia ( Certosa di Pavia ). On June 4, 1859, a major battle in the Sardinian War took place in the area of ​​Magenta . The name of the color magenta is said to be related to this battle, as the ground was soaked with so much blood that it turned a dark purple color.

Demographics

Magenta has 9,543 private households . Between 1991 and 2001 the population fell from 23,667 to 22,839.

Web links

Commons : Magenta  - 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.