Olgiate Olona

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Olgiate Olona
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Olgiate Olona (Italy)
Olgiate Olona
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Local name Olgiàa
Coordinates 45 ° 38 '  N , 8 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 38 '0 "  N , 8 ° 53' 0"  E
height 235  m slm
surface 7 km²
Residents 12,612 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,802 inhabitants / km²
Factions Gerbone, Buon Gesù, Santo Stefano
Post Code 21057
prefix 0331
ISTAT number 012108
Popular name olgiatesi
Patron saint Stephen and Lawrence of Rome ( December 26th ), ( August 10th )
Website Olgiate Olona
Olgiate Olona commune in the province of Varese
Parish Church of Santi Stefano e Lorenzo, interior
Facade of Villa Greppi-Gonzaga

Olgiate Olona is a municipality in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality is located on the Olona River and covers an area of ​​7  km² . Olgiate Olona includes the Gerbone, Buon Gesù and Santo Stefano factions. The neighboring municipalities of Olgiate Olona are Busto Arsizio , Castellanza , Fagnano Olona , Gorla Minore , Marnate and Solbiate Olona .

history

Above the Roman village, the parish church developed in the Middle Ages, whose ecclesiastical jurisdiction remained until 1583 and civil jurisdiction until 1784. Olgiate Olona was a religious and administrative point of reference throughout the Middle Ages, first in the Contado del Seprio and from 1395 in the Duchy of Milan . After the destruction of Castelseprio in 1287, during the fighting between the Visconti and Della Torre (Torriani) families , the people of Olgiate Olona became dependent for the criminal justice of Gallarate , where the seat of the captain of the Seprio was housed.

Air crash in 1959

On June 26, 1959, a Lockheed L-1649 Starliner of the TWA (N7313C) was probably struck by lightning about 15 minutes after taking off from Milan-Malpensa airport on the scheduled flight from Milan to Paris-Orly . Subsequently, at least two fuel tanks exploded; the machine crashed east of Olgiate Olona, ​​in the municipality of the village. All of the 68 people on board listed on the flight plan died, as well as a small child who was presumably taken on board unannounced. At that time it was the most serious aircraft accident in Italy and the most serious aircraft accident in 1959. The accident was the first fatal incident involving a Lockheed Starliner (see also Trans-World Airlines flight 891 ) .

population

Population development
year 1861 1871 1881 1901 1921 1931 1951 1961 1971 1991 2001 2011 2018
Residents 1717 1883 2037 2394 3424 3866 4991 6235 8603 10074 10801 12215 12444
Villa Greppi-Gonzaga, Santissimo Crocifisso Oratory

Attractions

  • The parish church of Santi Stefano e Lorenzo preserves the painting Cristo e la samaritana al pozzo by the painter Paolo Pagani and in the rosary chapel the frescoes by Biagio Bellotti.
  • Church of San Gregorio Magno al lazzaretto
  • Church of Sant'Antonio abate
  • Church dei Santi Innocenti (now the town hall)
  • Prayer Chapel of San Genesio Martire
  • Church of San Giovanni Bosco in the Gerbone district
  • Villa Greppi-Gonzaga and her oratorio Santissimo Crocifisso

Personalities

  • In 1183, Guido Landriani was the first to sign the Peace of Constance between Barbarossa and the Confederate municipalities of historic Lombardy as the representative of the municipality of Milan .
  • Gerolamo Olgiati was involved in the assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza , Duke of Milan, in 1476
  • Gian Maria Olgiati, military engineer, planned and directed the construction of the Bastioni of Milan around the middle of the 16th century

literature

  • Natale Spagnoli: Olgiate Olona 1895-1943: mezzo secolo della nostra vita: una storia vera raccontata dai protagonisti. Olgiate Olona, ​​1986.
  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 205.

Web links

Commons : Olgiate Olona  - 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. ^ Accident report N7313C, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 23, 2016.