Olgiate Olona
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Varese (VA) | |
Local name | Olgiàa | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 38 ' N , 8 ° 53' 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 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
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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 |
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
- Olgiate Olona (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed November 2, 2018.
- Olgiate Olona (Italian) on tuttitalia.it/lombardia/
- Olgiate Olona (Italian) on lombardia.indettaglio.it/ita/comuni/va/
- Olgiate Olona (Italian) on comuni-italiani.it
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ^ Accident report N7313C, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 23, 2016.