Proserpio

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Proserpio
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Proserpio (Italy)
Proserpio
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Como  (CO)
Local name Presèrp
Coordinates 45 ° 50 ′  N , 9 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 49 ′ 40 "  N , 9 ° 14 ′ 45"  E
height 450  m slm
surface 2.4 km²
Residents 944 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 393 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 22030
prefix 031
ISTAT number 013192
Popular name Proserpini
Patron saint Donnino di Fidenza (October 9th)
Website Proserpio
Proserpio municipality in the province of Como

Proserpio is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 944 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Como in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality is located about twelve kilometers east-northeast of Como and belongs to the Comunità Montana del Triangolo Lariano . The includes the Inarca fraction , the neighboring municipalities are: Canzo , Castelmarte , Erba , Longone al Segrino .

Attractions

  • Parish Church of San Donnino (16th century)
  • Church of Santi Carlo Borromeo e Rocco (15th century)
  • Villa Baroggi Meraviglia Mantegazza (18th century)
  • Villa Staurenghi (1570)

Personalities

  • Vincenzo Monti (born February 19, 1754 in Alfonsine , † October 13, 1828 in Milan ), an Italian writer, invited to the Villa Baroggi-Meraviglia-Mantegazza.
  • Ugo Foscolo (born February 6, 1778 in Zákynthos , † September 10, 1827 in Turnham Green near London ), an Italian poet, invited to the Villa Baroggi-Meraviglia-Mantegazza.

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 279.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Proserpio Online

Web links

Commons : Proserpio  - 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 Donnino (photo)
  3. ↑ Church of Santi Carlo Borromeo e Rocco (photo)
  4. ↑ Villa Baroggi Meraviglia Mantegazza (photo)