Somma Lombardo

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Somma Lombardo
coat of arms
Somma Lombardo (Italy)
Somma Lombardo
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 45 ° 41 ′  N , 8 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 42 ′ 0 ″  E
height 300  m slm
surface 30 km²
Residents 18,026 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 601 inhabitants / km²
Factions Case Nuove, Coarezza, Maddalena, Mezzana
Post Code 21019
prefix 0331
ISTAT number 012123
Popular name Sommesi
Patron saint Agnes of Rome ( January 21 )
Website Somma Lombardo
The municipality of Somma Lombardo in the province of Varese
Provost church of Sant'Agnese
Madonna della Ghianda church
San Rocco Church
Propsteikirche, Bramantino: Pietà with Saint Sebastian and Job
Castello Visconti di San Vito

Somma Lombardo is a municipality in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

The municipality is located southwest of Varese on the Ticino and covers an area of ​​30  km² . The Case Nuove, Coarezza, Maddalena and Mezzana fractions belong to Somma Lombardo. The neighboring communities are Arsago Seprio , Cardano al Campo , Casorate Sempione , Castelletto sopra Ticino ( NO ), Ferno , Golasecca , Pombia (NO), Samarate , Varallo Pombia (NO), Vergiate and Vizzola Ticino .

The southern municipality includes part of the Milan-Malpensa airport .

history

Somma Lombardo was an important junction on the Roman consular road called Severiana Augusta , which connected Milan to Verbano via Sesto Calende . Remnants of Roman road pavement were found during excavations in Via Soragana in 1985 and 2002. South of Somma Lombardo, the Via Severiana Augusta crossed the Novara and Como through Castelseprio .

population

Population development
year 1756 1805 1812 1853 1871 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2018
Residents 2883 3120 * 4892 4004 5782 6345 6730 8485 10432 16023 16379 16247 17913 17919

Attractions

  • Propsteikirche Sant'Agnese first mentioned in the 13th century, designed in 1604 by the architect Francesco Maria Richini and renovated between 1664 and 1697 by the architect Carlo Buzio; it keeps the Trittico di San Vito attributed to the school of Ambrogio Bergognone .
  • Church of San Bernardino preserves the painting Madonna col Bambino e San Bernardino by the painter Giovanni Mauro della Rovere called Fiammenghino.
  • Sanctuary of Madonna della Ghianda with fresco Madonna della Ghianda in the apse
  • The Provost Church of Santo Stefano in the Mezzana Superiore district preserves the painting Pietà with Saint Sebastian and 'Job by the painter Bartolomeo Suardi called Bramantino
  • Castello Visconti di San Vito was first mentioned in writing in 1251, notary Marcellino de Angleria (Angera). The old fortress took on the role of a fortified castle, which was chosen as the permanent residence of the Visconti family . In 1473, the differences of opinion between the Visconti brothers culminated in the split between the two owners. The older brother Francesco, from whom the Visconti di San Vito descended, was responsible for the renovated part of the castle and thus for the northern part of the village; Guido, from whom the Visconti di Modrone descended, was responsible for the oldest part of the castle and the lower part of Somma Lombardo. Every summer, the castle is the seat of the Medieval Festival that commemorates the victory of Bishop Ottone Visconti over the troops of Della Torre in the Battle of Desio , which took place on January 21, 1277 and thanks to which the Duchy of Milan was born.
  • L'ipposidra or ferrovia delle barche is to the north of the road that connects Malpensa airport with Somma Lombardo ("Via Giuseppe Giusti"), the route of the boat railway or Ipposidra, built in 1858, runs a few hundred meters inside the moor The aim is for the boats to avoid the rapids that left the town of Tornavento from Lonate Pozzolo and arrived at Sesto Calende.
  • Parco e Museo del volo - Volandia

Personalities

  • Galeazzo Visconti (1455/1456 – before 1531), lawyer and diplomat, envoy of the Duke of Milan
  • The city is the birthplace of Pope Gregory XIV (born February 11, 1535 in Somma Lombardo; † October 16, 1591 in Rome ), real name Niccolò Sfondrati, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 1590 to 1591.
  • Giuseppe Giusti (born May 14, 1824 in Somma Lombardo; † January 20, 1849 there) Italian patriot sentenced to death and then shot down.

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 179.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Somma Lombardo Online in Italian

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. Santuario della Madonna della Ghianda (Italian) on lombardiabeniculturali.it, accessed July 29, 2015.
  3. Gianna Ostinelli Lumia: Galeazzo Visconti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 11, 2015 , accessed December 17, 2019 .