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Legnano
Legnano (; or ''Lignàn'') is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan, province of Milan, about from central Milan. With 60,259, it is the thirteenth-most populous township in Lombardy. Legnano is located in the Alto Milanese and is crossed by the Olona River. The history of Legnano and its municipal area has been traced back to the 1st millennium BC via archaeological evidence. Already in remote times, in fact, the hills that line the Olona had proved to be habitable places. The town was established in 1261. Because of the historic Battle of Legnano, victory of the Lombard League over Frederick Barbarossa at Legnano, it is the only town other than Rome named in the Il Canto degli Italiani, Italian national anthem ("[...] ''Dall'Alpi a Sicilia dovunque è Legnano'' [...]", en. "From the Alps to Sicily, Legnano is everywhere"). Every year the people of Legnano commemorate the battle with Palio di Legnano. In the institutional sphere, on 29 May, t ...
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History Of Legnano
Legnano, an Italian municipality of the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Alto Milanese, has a recorded history from the first mention of the to the present day. During the Middle Ages, Legnano was the site of an Battle of Legnano, important battle wherein the Lombard League defeated Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa. Because of that battle, Legnano is the only city other than Rome, capital of Italy, to be mentioned in the Il Canto degli Italiani, national anthem. Industry has had significant impact on Legnano's history and the municipality remains one of the most developed and industrialized in Italy. Geological history From the Paleozoic to the Cenozoic Eras, the area to be Legnano was below sea level. The primordial ocean blanketed the municipal area in many different layers of sediment. The largest factor in the creation of Legnano's geography is the glaciation in northern Italy during the Quaternary period. It was during this period that the fertile al ...
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Palio Di Legnano
The Palio di Legnano (; known locally simply as ''Il Palio'') is a traditional event generally held on the last Sunday of May in the city of Legnano, Italy, to recall the Battle of Legnano held on 29 May 1176 by the Lombard League and the Holy Roman Empire of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa.Il Palio di Legnano
This ''Palio'' is composed by a medieval pageant and a horse race. Until 2005 the whole event was named ''Sagra del Carroccio''.Il Palio tra folklore e storia
Legnano is subdivided into Contrade of Legnano, eight ''contrade'', each of which takes part both in the medieval pageant and in the ho ...
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Visconti Castle (Legnano)
The Visconti Castle is a medieval fortification that stands south of Legnano on a natural island in the Olona River. It has also been known as the castle of San Giorgio ( lat. ''Castrum Sancti Georgi'') since the 13th century.. The architectural complex is located on Viale Toselli, between Castello Park and Piazza I Maggio. Strategic function The presence of a castle in Legnano is linked to the strategic function the city of Carroccio had from the Middle Ages to the 16th century. Legnano was located along an important medieval communication route that ran along the Olona River and connected ''Mediolanum'' (modern Milan) with the ''Verbannus Lacus'' (Lake Verbano, i.e., Lake Maggiore), the Via Severiana Augusta, which existed since Roman times.... The modern Simplon road, built during the Napoleonic era, echoes in its layout the ancient road in use in Roman and medieval times.. The defense of Legnano was important because its eventual conquest could allow Milan's enemies easy ...
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Alto Milanese
The term Alto Milanese (''Alt Milanes'' in Lombard language, Lombard), also called Altomilanese, is used to refer to the territory of Lombardy that includes the northwestern part of the Metropolitan City of Milan, metropolitan city of Milan, the southern part of the province of Varese and some municipalities in the southwestern part of the province of Como. It largely corresponds with one of the Italian provinces planned in the past: the province of Seprio. The Alto Milanese can be divided into four zones having their respective major cities as their main centers: the Bustese, Legnanese (region), Legnanese, Gallaratese and Saronnese. The major rivers of the Alto Milanese are the Olona and the Ticino (river), Ticino, while among the noteworthy streams are the Arno, the Tenore, the Bozzente, the Lura, the Rile, and the Strona. The core of the Alto Milanese consists of the Olona conurbation, i.e. the urban area including, from north to south, the cities of Gallarate, Busto Arsizio, a ...
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Battle Of Legnano
The battle of Legnano was a battle between the imperial army of Frederick Barbarossa and the troops of the Lombard League on 29 May 1176, near the town of Legnano, in present-day Lombardy, Italy. Although the presence of the enemy nearby was already known to both sides, they suddenly met without having time to plan any strategy. The battle was crucial in the long war waged by the Holy Roman Empire in an attempt to assert its power over the municipalities of northern Italy, which decided to set aside their mutual rivalries and join in a military alliance symbolically led by Pope Alexander III, the Lombard League. The battle ended the fifth and last descent into Italy of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who after the defeat tried to resolve the Italian question by adopting a diplomatic approach. This resulted a few years later in the Peace of Constance (25 June 1183), with which the Emperor recognized the Lombard League and made administrative, political, and judicial concessions to ...
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Basilica Of San Magno, Legnano
The Basilica of Saint Magnus (Italian language, Italian: ) is the principal church of the Italian town of Legnano, in the province of Milan. It is dedicated to the Magnus (bishop of Milan), Saint Magnus, who was Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan, Archbishop of Milan from 518 to 530. The church was built from 1504 to 1513 in the Renaissance architecture, Renaissance-style designed by Donato Bramante. The bell tower was added between the years 1752 and 1791. On 18 March 1950, Pope Pius XII named the Basilica of San Magno a minor basilica. The interior of the basilica church is adorned with numerous first-class examples of Renaissance in Lombardy, Lombard Renaissance artwork. Examples are Gian Giacomo Lampugnani's frescoes of the main Vault (architecture), vault, the remains of 16th century paintings by Evangelista Luini, the frescoes of the main chapel by Bernardino Lanini, and the altarpiece by Giampietrino. The item of greatest significance, however, is a polyptych by Bernardino ...
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Legnanese Dialect
Legnanese dialectRecognizing the arbitrariness of definitions, the term "language" is used in the nomenclature of entries in accordance with ISO 639-1, 639-2 or 639-3. In other cases, the term "dialect" is used. (native name ''legnanés'', International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) is a dialect of the Lombard language (belonging to the western branch) that is spoken around Legnano, a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Milan, metropolitan city of Milan, Lombardy. It is spoken by about 30 percent of the population of the area in which it is spread. Legnano, starting in the 11th century, began to bond with Milan. The village of Legnano represented, for those coming from the north, the gateway to the Milanese countryside and thus had an important strategic function for the city of Milan. The link between Legnano and Milan also influenced the Legnano vernacular, which began to differentiate itself from the neighboring Bustocco dialect. Due to the frequent contacts between the two ...
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