Cabiate ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''

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 ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Como The province of Como (; Comasco dialect, Comasco: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It borders the Switzerland, Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grisons, Grigioni to the north, the Italian provinces of Province of ...

in the

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region

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 ...

, located about north of

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

and about southeast of

Como Como (, ; , or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Nestled at the southwestern branch of the picturesque Lake Como, the city is a renowned tourist destination, ce ...

. Cabiate borders the following municipalities:

Lentate sul Seveso Lentate sul Seveso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan. Lentate sul Seveso borders the following municipalities: Mariano Comense, Carimate, Cermen ...

, Mariano Comense, Meda,

Seregno Seregno (; ) is a town and ''comune'' of the new Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region of Lombardy. Seregno received the honorary title of city by a presidential decree on 26 January 1979. It is served by Seregno railway station ...

Physical geography

Cabiate is far: *16 km from

Monza Monza (, ; ; , locally ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the Lambro, River Lambro, a tributary of the Po (river), River Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the province of Mo ...

*21 km from

*28 km from

*35 km from

Lecco Lecco (, , ; ) is a city of approximately 47,000 inhabitants in Lombardy, Northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). The Bergamasqu ...

*40 km from

Varese Varese ( , ; or ; ; ; archaic ) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 was 80,559. It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or exurban part ...

History

The name of the town comes from the word ''claveato''. The final ending in -ate underlines a probable Lombard foundation. First historical reference about the origin of the town comes from 745, when a document identifies it with the name ''Vico Capiete''. The town grew around a castle. The original position of the town was beside Terò creek, the small river which flows in the center of Cabiate. The history of Cabiate is linked to the nearby Meda and to the Brianza. Before 1024 a huge number of Cabiatesi depended on the monastery San Vittore in Meda (which was part of the Pieve di Mariano Comense), which at any rate, thanks to the abbess Allegrezza, gave the power to Giacomo da Rho, founder of the family da Rho, who would have built a residence in Cabiate. In the subsequent years, the history of this area was linked to Milan, and, from 1535, to the Spanish Empire. The town was turned to the Marliani family, then, in 1538, to the Giussani, then the Taverna, coming back to the Marliani and then in 1643 to Inverigo's Crivelli. Three centuries later, the

Duchy of Milan The Duchy of Milan (; ) was a state in Northern Italy, created in 1395 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then the lord of Milan, and a member of the important Visconti of Milan, Visconti family, which had been ruling the city since 1277. At that time, ...

finally passed to the Austrians who replaced a wood bridge over Terò with one of masonry. During the

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

the Germans passed through Cabiate during their retreat to

. After April 25, 1945 three people were killed having been accused of being fascists.

Main sights

*Santa Maria Nascente's "chapel", firstly quoted in 1389 in a document about the Pieve di Mariano Comense. *Sanctuary of Santa Maria Annunciata *Saint George's Church *Oratory of San Luigi Gonzaga (one of the biggest youth center in

). *Villa Padulli, built in the 19th century by the eponymous Milanese family. The family guests include Antonio Rosmini and

Alessandro Manzoni Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni (, , ; 7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian poet, novelist and philosopher. He is famous for the novel ''The Betrothed (Manzoni novel), The Betrothed'' (orig. ) (1827), generally ranked among ...

. *Villa Anderloni (18th century) *Rho's Villa

Economy

The town is home to several large companies working in the furniture sector. These include "Porada" (partner of

Pallacanestro Cantù Pallacanestro Cantù, known for sponsorship reasons as Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Cantù, Lombardy. On the European-wide club competition scene, Cantù is second to Real Madrid – agai ...

in the Basketball Serie A and of Torino Calcio in the Football Serie A) and the "Ezio Bellotti".

Culture

Events in the town include: *La Giubiana (last Thursday in January) *Feast of San Luigi Gonzaga (first weekend of July, it ends on Monday) * Nativity of the Theotokos (patronal feast, 8 September)

Transports

Cabiate is served by the SS35

and the SS36 Milan-

motorways. It has a station on the Trenord regional line Milan Cadorna-Asso

References

http://www.brianzadesigndistrict.it/design-district?lang=en https://www.laprovinciadilecco.it/stories/Cronaca/giulia-9-anni-una-favola-a-cabiate-unica-lombarda-allo-zecchino-doro_1288531_11/#

External links

Official website
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