Valmorea

Valmorea
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Como  (CO)
Coordinates	45 ° 49 ′  N , 8 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  E
height	400  m slm
surface	3.18 km²
Residents	2,687 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	845 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	22070
prefix	031
ISTAT number	013232
Popular name	valmoresi
Patron saint	Blasius von Sebaste ( February 3rd ), San Giovanni Bosco ( January 31st )
Website	Valmorea

Casanova Lanza

Valmorea municipality in the province of Como

Valmorea is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Como in the Lombardy region .

geography

The community has 2687 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and extends over an area of ​​3.25 km². This corresponds to a population density of 838.21 inhabitants / km². Valmorea is at an altitude of 408  m . The districts of the municipality are Caversaccio , Casanova Lanza , San Rocco , Dosso , Filanda and Malpaga . The neighboring communities are Albiolo , Bizzarone , Cagno , Rodero and Uggiate-Trevano .

Valmorea was formed in 1928 by royal decree by merging the villages of Caversaccio (Caverzaas) and Casanova Lanza (Casanœva).

Demographic development

Data from ISTAT

Attractions

• Parish Church of San Biagio
• Church of Santi Donato e Giovanni Bosco
• Oratorio Sante Faustina e Liberata, in the Casanova Lanza district
• Palazzo Somigliana
• Ferrovia di Val Morea railway
• Valle del Lanza Park .

Personalities

• Giovanni da Milano (* around 1320 in Caversaccio; † after 1370 in Barlassina ?), Son of Jaopo di Guido, 14th century painter, born in Caversaccio, worked in Mendrisio , Prato , Florence , Rome and Milan .
• Gianluigi Giudici (1927–2012), Italian sculptor, was born in Valmorea
• Carl Thomas Mozart , second son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Constanze, owned a house in Caversaccio.
• Carlo Somigliana , scientist, particularly studied glacier movements.
• Aldo Sassi, trainer and sports conductor. Former administrator of Mapei-Quick Step ; he was the trainer of Francesco Moser , Ivan Basso and Cadel Evans .

literature

• Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 270.
• Lombardia . Touring club italiano, Touring Editore, 1999, ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , books.google.ch
• Valmorea on tuttitalia.it/lombardia

Web links

Commons : Valmorea  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Historical development of the municipality of Caversaccio / Valmorea and the parish of Santi Donato and Giovanni Bosco
• Historical development of the municipality of Casanova Lanza / Valmorea and the parish of San Biagio

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 Biagio (photo) on lombardiabeniculturali.it
3. ^ Church of Santi Donato e Giovanni Bosco (photo)
4. ↑ Oratorio Sante Faustina e Liberata (photo)
5. ↑ Palazzo Somigliana (photo)
6. ↑ Giovanni da Milano . In: Ulrich Thieme , Fred. C. Willis (Ed.): General lexicon of visual artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 14 : Giddens-Gress . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1921, p. 127 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).