Vaprio d'Adda

Vaprio d'Adda
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
Metropolitan city	Milan  (MI)
Local name	Vavar / Vaver / Àer
Coordinates	45 ° 34 '  N , 9 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 34 '0 "  N , 9 ° 32' 0"  E
surface	7 km²
Residents	9,294 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	1,328 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	20069
prefix	02
ISTAT number	015230
Popular name	Vapriesi
Website	Vaprio d'Adda

Villa Melzi

Vaprio d'Adda is a municipality with 9,294 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Milan , Lombardy region .

geography

The neighboring towns of Vaprio d'Adda are Trezzo sull'Adda , Capriate San Gervasio ( BG ), Grezzago , Canonica d'Adda (BG), Pozzo d'Adda , Cassano d'Adda and Fara Gera d'Adda (BG).

Arts and Culture

Buildings

• Ruins of the late Romanesque church of San Bernardino
• Romanesque church of San Colombano (12th century)
• Palazzo Trezzo (Villa Melzi ), in which Leonardo da Vinci temporarily lived and which houses a Madonna fresco attributed to him or his school.

Demographics

Vaprio d'Adda has 2,875 private households . Between 1991 and 2001 the population increased from 6139 to 6636. This corresponds to a percentage increase of 8.1%.

Personalities

• Francesco Melzi (around 1491/92 – around 1570), Italian painter, pupil and main heir to Leonardo da Vinci.
• Alberto Piròvano (1884–1973), Italian pomologist.

Web links

Commons : Vaprio d'Adda  - 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.