Barasso (,

Varesino dialect Varesino, Varesotto or ''Bosin'' (from the name of storytellers; see ''bosinada'') is a dialect of Western Lombard language spoken in the Central province of Varese The province of Varese () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy re ...

''Baràs'') is a town and ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' located in the

province of Varese The province of Varese () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese (population of 80,857 inhabitants), but its largest city is Busto Arsizio. The headquarters of AgustaWestland, the compa ...

in the

Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...

region of northern

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. As of 2020, Barasso had a population of 1,657 people.

History

In the fourth century, Emperor

Theodosius I Theodosius I ( ; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also known as Theodosius the Great, was Roman emperor from 379 to 395. He won two civil wars and was instrumental in establishing the Nicene Creed as the orthodox doctrine for Nicene C ...

commissioned S.Giulio to build a church there.

References

External links

http://www.comune.barasso.va.it

Oltrona al Lago
Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Varese-geo-stub