Sesto Calende

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Sesto Calende
coat of arms
Sesto Calende (Italy)
Sesto Calende
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 45 ° 44 '  N , 8 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 44 '0 "  N , 8 ° 38' 0"  E
height 198  m slm
surface 23 km²
Residents 11,150 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 485 inhabitants / km²
Factions Abbazia, San Giorgio, Lentate, Oriano, Lisanza, Coquo, Mulini, Sant'Anna
Post Code 21018
prefix 0331
ISTAT number 012120
Popular name sestesi
Patron saint San Bernardino (May 20th)
Website Sesto Calende
Sesto Calende municipality in the province of Varese
Sesto Calende on the Ticino River
San Donato Church
Fresco in the apse

Sesto Calende is a municipality in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality lies at the outflow of Lake Maggiore at its southern end, the Ticino , and already on the northern edge of the Po Valley and covers an area of ​​23  km² . The factions Abbazia, San Giorgio, Lentate, Oriano, Lisanza, Coquo, Mulini and Sant'Anna belong to Sesto Calende. The neighboring municipalities are Angera , Cadrezzate , Castelletto sopra Ticino ( NO ), Comabbio , Dormelletto ( NO ), Golasecca , Mercallo , Osmate , Taino and Vergiate .

At Sesto Calende there is a protected meadow landscape.

history

Sesto Calende went through Via Severiana Augusta, a Roman consular road that connected Milan to Verbano . Here this road was divided into its two terminal directions: the first reached Angera , while the other led to Domodossola . The community already belonged to the Contado del Seprio as the seat of the sculdascio , and then to the Pieve di Angera; this also included the village of Cocquo.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1853 1861 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 1200 1400 2642 4058 4354 4900 5408 7114 10037 9533 9806 10819 11098 11141
Cesare da Sesto

Attractions

  • Church of San Donato in the district of Scozzola o Scovilla built (9th / 10th century) with Romanesque frescoes in the apse and Aletti organ (1869)
  • San Bernardino Provost Church (20th century)
  • Oratory of San Vincenzo called “dei Re Magi”, north of Sesto Calende
  • Sass da Preja Büja, bowl stone with incisions (First Iron Age) 2000 BC, 200 m from the oratory of San Vincenzo
  • Garibaldi Obelisk (October 6, 1861) with three inscriptions:
"Qui sbarcava Garibaldi co 'suoi armati la notte 23 Maggio 1859 per disperdere lo straniero."
“Quest toll in Lombardia furono le prime che si bagnarono d'italo sangue nella guerra. 1859 "
"Qui il prode capitano C. De Cristoforis sfidava i perigli di non eguale tenzone con gli austriaci il 25 maggio 1859"
  • Maioni factory (SIAI Marchetti)
  • Bordoni glass factory, since 1871
  • Glass factory Vetreria operaia federale (Vof) with 40,000 m² area in the city center, most recently part of the Neapolitan AVIR (Aziende Vetraie Italiane Ricciardi), closed after the takeover by Owens Illinois in 1997, with various types of re-use planned.
  • Boldi-Astori bullet factory
  • Aircraft manufacturer SIAI-Marchetti

Personalities

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 241.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Sesto Calende Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Sesto Calende  - 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. ↑ Article on the subsequent use of the AVIR as a glass museum on varesefocus.it/Varesefocus (Italian)