Ponte Lambro

Ponte Lambro
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como  (CO)
Local name	punt
Coordinates	45 ° 50 '  N , 9 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 49 '40 "  N , 9 ° 13' 35"  E
height	365  m slm
surface	3.43 km²
Residents	4,364 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	1,272 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22037
prefix	031
ISTAT number	013188
Popular name	Pontelambresi
Patron saint	Annunciation ( March 25 )
Website	Ponte Lambro

Parish Church of Santa Maria Annunciata

San Bernardo Church

Ponte Lambro is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 4364 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Como in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality is located about 11 kilometers east-northeast of Como on the Lambro and includes the following fractions : Busnigallo , Fucina , Lezza , Mazzonio and Schieppo .

traffic

Ponte Lambro and its train station are on the Milan – Asso railway line .

Community partnerships

• Zawiercie , Silesian Voivodeship since 2004
• Kamianets-Podilskyi , Khmelnitsky Oblast since 2006
• Carbone since 2010
• Cortale , Province of Catanzaro since 2010

Attractions

• Parish church of Santa Maria Annunciata (1720/1818), restored, architect: Simone Cantoni
• San Bernardo Church (16th century)
• San Bernardo Monastery
• Various praying chapels

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  Madonna and Child

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  Holy Family

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  Madonna of Lourdes in the Lezza fraction

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  Madonna of Peace

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  Madonna of Lourdes in the Mazzonio fraction

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  Madonna and Child, San Rocco and San Sebastiano

• Castle ruins (13th century) in the Mazzonio fraction
• Archaeological finds in the Cascina Schieppo district
• Public car wash in the Lezza fraction

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  Car wash in the Fraktiom Lezza

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  The source

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  Water basin

Personalities

• Leopoldo Metlicovitz (* 1868 in Trieste , † 1944 in Ponte Lambro), painter, illustrator, stage painter
• Roberto Lepetit (* 1906 in Ponte Lambro; † 1945 in Ebensee ), entrepreneur, Partizan, shot
• Zaira Spreafico (* 1920 in Lecco ; † 2004 in Ponte Lambro), pediatrician, head of the “La Nostra Famiglia” for children with disabilities
• Giancarlo Puecher Passavalli (* 1923 in Milan , † 1943 in Erba ), gold medal for military bravery, Partizan, honorary citizen of Ponte Lambro (March 21, 2014)
• Giovanni Strada (* 1882 in Milan, † 1949 in Ponte Lambro), priest, Partizan
• Carlo Tavecchio (* 1943), Mayor , President of the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC)

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 278.
• Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Ponte Lambro Online

Web links

Commons : Ponte Lambro  - 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 Santa Maria Annunciata (photo)
3. ↑ Church of San Bernardo (photo)