Monguzzo

Monguzzo
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como (CO)
Local name	Monguzz / Mongòzz / Mùngòzz
Coordinates	45 ° 47 ' N , 9 ° 14' E Coordinates: 45 ° 47 '0 " N , 9 ° 14' 0" E
height	368 m slm
surface	3 km²
Residents	2,378 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	793 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22040
prefix	031
ISTAT number	013153
Popular name	Monguzzesi
Patron saint	Blaise of Sebaste ( February 3rd )
Website	Monguzzo

Monguzzo Castle

Monguzzo ( Mùngòzz in Lombard dialect ) is a municipality in the Lombardy province of Como .

geography

It has 2378 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and is 20 km from Como , 45 km from Milan and 25 km from Lecco . It includes the following fractions: Nobile , Bassetto e Fornace , Cascina Bindella , Cascina Enrichetta , Cascina Nuova , Cascina San Biagio , Cascina Solferino , Poggio Castello , Poggio Cavolto , Sceria .

The neighboring municipalities are Albavilla , Alserio , Alzate Brianza , Erba , Lurago d'Erba , Merone and Lambrugo . Monguzzo is located in the Lambrotal Nature Park and develops on a hill dominated by a feudal castle. Today this castle is owned by the "Fatebenefratelli" hospital order and can only be visited on the second Sunday in September.

Parish Church of Santi Biagio e Sebastiano

Local structure

Monguzzo can be divided into three inhabited areas:

Monguzzo, which is located on the hill with the feudal castle
Nobile, which lies at the foot of the hill in the eastern part of the municipality; Nobile was once famous for the peach tree in the province of Monza and Brianza : the inhabitants of Nobile were called Persegatt ("peach producers") in dialect .
Poggio Cavolto, a residential area developed in the 1970s, located on the southern slope of the hill, on the border with the municipality of Lurago d'Erba .

Attractions

There are two churches in the municipality,

the SS. Biagio e Sebastiano parish church (1878) in via Chiesa and
the Sanctuary of Madonna di Lourdes (13th century) in via Santuario, both churches have recently been restored
numerous renovated farms ("cascines") around which small inhabited areas were built. The Cascine Solferino , Bindella , Enrichetta , Nuova and Bassetto deserve special mention.
Monguzzo Castle

Personalities

Gian Giacomo Medici (* around 1495 in Milan; † November 8, 1555 ibid), also called Giovanni Giacomo Medici, Il Medeghino (the little Medici) or Il Marignano , an Italian condottiere, Duke of Marignano and Marquis of Musso and Lecco .
Alessandro Pozzi (born December 24, 1954 in Capiago Intimiano ), racing cyclist
Umberto Corti (born September 25, 1986 in Como ), mountain biker , cross country and marathon runner .