Vizzola Ticino

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Vizzola Ticino
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Vizzola Ticino (Italy)
Vizzola Ticino
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Varese  (VA)
Coordinates 45 ° 38 '  N , 8 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 38 '0 "  N , 8 ° 42' 0"  E
height 196  m slm
surface 7 km²
Residents 572 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 82 inhabitants / km²
Factions Castelnovate
Post Code 21010
prefix 0331
ISTAT number 012140
Popular name vizzolesi
Patron saint Stephen ( December 26th )
Website Vizzola Ticino
Vizzola Ticino municipality in the province of Varese
Parish Church of San Giulio
Villa Malpensa
Canale Villoresi

Vizzola Ticino is a municipality in the province of Varese in the Lombardy region .

geography

Vizzola Ticino is located southwest of the city of Varese on the Ticino River and covers an area of ​​7  km² . The Castelnovate fraction belongs to Vizzola Ticino. The neighboring municipalities of Vizzola Ticino are Ferno , Lonate Pozzolo , Marano Ticino ( NO ), Oleggio (NO), Pombia (NO) and Somma Lombardo . The municipality of Vizzola Ticino is located in the center of the Varese plain, in a large natural curve of the Ticino (river) es along the Villoresi Canal, on the border with the province of Novara and in the immediate vicinity of Malpensa Airport .

It consists of the two centers Vizzola and Castelnovate and is the smallest municipality in the Ticino park.

climate

In the Castelnovate fraction there is a weather station operated in collaboration with the Meteorological Center of Lombardy.

Toponomics

The name Vizzola is derived from the dialectal word Vegiola or Vezzola , a unit of measurement for the wine produced around Bergamo and Piacenza .

history

Some finds dating back to the 10th century BC suggest the presence of an Etruscan settlement in the area, while others certainly confirm the presence of the Romans .

Most of the graves found date from the late Latène culture (2nd and 1st centuries BC).

In the Middle Ages, the two centers of Vizzola and Castelnovate were part of the Quinzano feud and were ruled by several families, including that of the Visconti family of Cislago, who had their main local representative in Caesar Marquis of Cislago. Vizzola stayed with the Visconti until 1716.

population

Population development
year 1751 1805 1853 1871 1881 1901 1921 1951 1971 1991 2001 2011 2017 2018
Residents 120 132 * 210 442 345 469 472 529 451 423 428 576 577 579

Attractions

  • Parish Church of San Giulio: it was rebuilt in 1579 on an already existing building of older origin (also mentioned in the Liber Sanctorum Mediolanensis by Goffredo da Bussero in the 13th century) and expanded for the first time in 1674 and towards the end of the 18th century.
  • Castle located in Castelnovate (now only visible in ruins), it is probably of early medieval origin, perhaps on the ruins of a late ancient Roman castrum . The few remains, between the city and the Ticino (river) , are overgrown with vegetation.
  • Villa Della Croce Caproni, built by the Della Croce family in the neoclassical style and bought by the Caproni family in the 1920s. Noteworthy are the three arches of the central facade, which are framed by a triangular tympanum and the wrought iron gate, which was formed in the 18th century as an interweaving of branches and leaves.
  • Villa Caproni (now Villa Malpensa) was built in 1920 by Count Giovanni Battista Caproni as his residence near the airfields where he conducted his exercises. The building, which is characterized by an imposing facade with an "E" structure, rises over three floors and is decorated in the upper part with stucco and paintings.

literature

  • Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 178.
  • Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Vizzola Ticino Online in Italian.

Web links

Commons : Vizzola Ticino  - 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.