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, located about northwest of
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and Dairago.


History

The name Villa Cortese the union between the words ''Vicus'' (Villa) indicating the very first settlement and ''Curtis'' (Cortese) that refers to the bordering settlements. The
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has later on evolved to ''Vilcortex, Vilacortexia'' and lastly ''Villa Cortese.'' The discovery of a Roman
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dating back to the
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AD testifies to a settlement on the territory since the Roman era; the sarcophagus is now in the Guido Sutermeister Civic Museum in Legnano. The first document in which the town is mentioned is an act of 1261, with which the Provost and the Canons of the Convent of San Giorgio (which was located where the Visconteo Castle in Legnano now stands) certify the assets they hold between the
Olona river The Olona (''Olona'' in Italian; ''Ulona'', ''Urona'' or ''Uòna'' in Western Lombard) is an Italian river belonging to the Po Basin, long, that runs through the Province of Varese and Metropolitan City of Milan whose course is developed entir ...
, Villa Cortese and the Strada Dairasca which connected Legnano with Dairago. Also in the thirteenth century, Goffredo da Bussero in the Liber Notitiae Sanctorum Mediolani lists an altar dedicated to St. Victor martyr in the Villa Cortese site. A
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dated 1312 mentions the Scazzosi family, powerful in the area and also having properties in the surrounding areas; an Ambrogio Scazzosi appears in the list of Merchants of fine wool with brand and registration number, dated 9 November 1403, living in Villa Cortese and dependent on the Parish of Olgiate Olona, in the
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. Suppressed by
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who annexed it to Dairago, the Municipality of Villa Cortese was restored by the Austrians, but again abolished in 1868 by
Vittorio Emanuele II Victor Emmanuel II ( it, Vittorio Emanuele II; full name: ''Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di House of Savoy, Savoia''; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was Kingdom of Sardinia, King of Sardinia from 1849 until 17 Marc ...
with the Royal decree 5192, which this time united it with Busto Garolfo, a neighboring and rival town. Municipal autonomy was finally restored almost a century later, on 13 October 1966. Villa Cortese was the birthplace of the comedian Giacomo Poretti of the trio Aldo Giovanni and Giacomo, the well-known industrialist
Franco Tosi Franco Tosi (21 April 1850 – 25 November 1898) was an Italian engineer, known for his contributions to the steam engine technology. A native of Villa Cortese, near Milan, he was the son of Eugenio Tosi (1815-1896), and moved to Legnano in 1876, ...
and the painter Piero Giunni.


Society

The connection with neighboring municipalities is made by Movibus bus lines. Among the first Italian recycling municipalities, for years it has stabilized its separate collection at around 70%. The municipal building is equipped with a photovoltaic system for the production of electricity and hot water, as well as the middle and elementary schools. Any type of disposal is possible at the municipal platform. It has eight well-equipped public parks and a day of cleaning the woods is organized by the municipal administration. The traditional fair takes place at the end of September, while the characteristic Christmas markets are held in mid-December.


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Education


Schools

* Kindergarten * Primary School ''Giuseppe Pinciroli'' * Middle School '' Papa Giovanni XXIII'' * Technical institute (i.e. High School) '' Gregorio Mendel''


Sport

The name of Villa Cortese comes to the national sports news starting from the 2006-2007 season, when the MC-PietroCarnaghi, women's volleyball team, arrives from B2 to B1, the following year is promoted to A2 and in 2009 wins the playoff for enter the Serie A1. In 2010 the newly promoted to A1 won the
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, which she will repeat the following year. In the 2010-2011 season he made his debut in Europe in the
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, reaching the semifinals the following season, as the smallest city ever to have succeeded. He faces his first three seasons of the championship as an absolute protagonist: two 2nd places and a 1st place in the regular season, three championship finals won, even touching the
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by one point, during the tie-break (5th set) of Race 5 of the 2011-2012 Scudetto Finals.


References


External links


Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Milan-geo-stub