Marchirolo

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Marchirolo
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Marchirolo (Italy)
Marchirolo
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Marchiröo
Coordinates 45 ° 57 ′  N , 8 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 57 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  E
height 500  m slm
surface 5.49 km²
Residents 3,597 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 655 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 21030
prefix 0332
ISTAT number 012097
Popular name marchirolesi
Patron saint Martin of Tours ( November 11th )
Website Marchirolo
Marchirolo municipality in the province of Varese
Church of San Pietro e Paolo
Eugenio Pellini

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

geography

The municipality covers an area of ​​5.49  km² . The place is at an altitude of 500 meters above sea level. M. The neighboring communities are Cadegliano-Viconago , Cuasso al Monte , Cugliate-Fabiasco , Marzio and Valganna .

history

In Roman times , the area was crossed by the Roman road Via Varesina , which connected Mediolanum ( Milan ) with Luganum ( Lugano ).

During the Second World War , under the German occupation and the Republic of Salò , Fernando Torreggiani, an anti-fascist Catholic, made a decisive contribution to the rescue of the six members of the Melli Rossi Jewish family from Ferrara by evading deportation and allowing them to flee the nearby Switzerland made possible. For this solidarity, the Yad Vashem Institute of Jerusalem awarded Fernando Torreggiani on March 4, 2001 the honorary title of Righteous Among the Nations .

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1809 1853 1881 1901 1921 1928 1951 1981 1991 2001 2011 2018
Residents 544 579 * 2860 803 853 868 860 * 1744 944 2312 2875 3153 3381 3478

Attractions

  • Parish church of San Martino mentioned 12th century, renovated at the end of the 17th century, preserves a Madonna delle Grazie (15th century)
  • Church of Santi Pietro e Paolo in Baroque style (1670)
  • Church of San Francesco d'Assisi (1640)
  • Oratory of San Paolo in the forest above the village
  • Pellini Bozzolo Museum with works by Eugenio Pellini, Eros Pellini and Adriano Bozzolo
  • Fortifications of the Luigi Cadorna line (1918) on Mount La Nave

Personalities

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 213.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Marchirolo Online (Italian) on books.google.ch

Web links

Commons : Marchirolo  - 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.