Montorfano

Montorfano
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como  (CO)
Local name	Cheerful
Coordinates	45 ° 47 '  N , 9 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 47 '0 "  N , 9 ° 9' 0"  E
height	414  m slm
surface	3.53 km²
Residents	2,600 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	737 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22030
prefix	031
ISTAT number	013157
Popular name	Montorfanesi
Patron saint	Evangelist John ( December 27th )
Website	Montorfano

View of Montorfano

Parish Church of San Giovanni Evangelista and monument to those who fell in the world wars

Montorfano is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2600 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Como in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 5.5 kilometers southeast of Como on Lake Montorfano .

traffic

The former state road 342 (today a provincial road) from Bergamo to Varese forms the northeastern municipal boundary.

Attractions

• Parish Church of San Giovanni Evangelista (1578)
• Prayer Chapel San Bartolomeo (1558)
• Villa Barbavara (1576)
• Castle ruins ( Castrum (castle) ) on Monte Orfano

Personalities

• Libico Maraja (born April 15, 1912 in Bellinzona , † December 30, 1983 in Montorfano), illustrator, painter

The Lago di Montorfano

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 271.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Montorfano Online

Web links

Commons : Montorfano  - 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.
2. ↑ Parish Church of San Giovanni Evangelista (photo)
3. ↑ Prayer Chapel San Bartolomeo (photo)
4. ↑ Villa Barbavara (photo)