Cinisello Balsamo (; ) is a ''

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'' (municipality) of about 75,200 inhabitants in the

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, in the Italian region of

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, about northeast of

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city center. Cinisello Balsamo borders the following municipalities: Monza, Muggiò, Nova Milanese,

Paderno Dugnano Paderno Dugnano ( Milanese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is bounded by ''comuni'' of Senago, Limbiate, Varedo, Cusano Milanino, Cormano, Nova Milanese, Bollate, Novate Milane ...

Cusano Milanino Cusano Milanino (local ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in Lombardy. Cusano Milanino is about 13 kilometers far from the centre of Milan. It borders Paderno Dugnano, Cinisello Balsamo, Cormano, and Bresso. People ...

, Sesto San Giovanni, Bresso. The current ''comune'' was formed in 1928 by the union of Cinisello and Balsamo, and received the honorary title of city through a presidential decree on 17 October 1972.

Etymology

Cinisello (from the Latin ''cinis'', "Ashes", through ''cinixellum'', indicating the fertility of the land from the ashen color, but traditional, though not exactly confirmed - even if you have found Roman remains in the area - is the theory that "Cinisello" comes from "Cinis Aelii", "Ash of Aelius", a Roman gens had here, probably, a branch of the Imperial Age) is the western part of the city. In another theory (also not exactly confirmed) resulting from studies done in the ''Historical Archive of Arms'' would be that both ''Cini'', both ''Sello'', were ancient and noble Houses from Trentino who settled in the area, providing their names to the same, which were decorated with the title of nobility with special merit achieved for works done in favor of the Fatherland. Balsamo (perhaps "the balsam tree", but it might just be the surname of a noble family and elders of the town in the Middle Ages) is the eastern half.

History

Until the late 1920s, Cinisello and Balsamo were two separate municipalities. By royal decree, on 13 September 1928 a merger was arranged to form the current commune. As a symbol, the emblem of the city now encompasses those of the two municipalities merged: the emblem of the pastoral and the sword on a red field in fact belongs to Balsamo, the rampant crowned lion on a blue field belongs to Cinisello.

Demographics

Main sights

* Church of Sant'Ambrogio (17th century) in Cinisello * Small church of Sant'Eusebio, dating from Lombard times * Shrine of St. Martin Bishop (16th century) * Church of San Martino (16th century) in Balsamo * Villa Ghirlanda Silva Cipelletti (16th century) with one of the first

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in Italy, designed by count Ercole Silva in the early of 19th century * Piazza Gramsci, the main square of Cinisello, overlooked by the Church of Sant'Ambrogio and Villa Arconati * Church of Saint Pio X (1958) * Church of Saint Joseph worker (1957) * Church of Saint Peter (1968) * Church of Sacred Family (1965) * Church of Santa Margherita (1961) * Church of San Bernardino

People

* Carino of Balsamo (? – 1293), beatified Dominican lay brother * Carlo Oriani (1888), cyclist * Valerio Ruggeri (1934), voice actor * Ernesto Castano (1939), footballer * Pierino Prati (1946), footballer and coach * Gaetano Scirea (1953), footballer and coach * Marco Veronese (1976), footballer and coach *

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(1980), boxer * Sfera Ebbasta (1992), rapper * Luciano Spinelli (2000), actor and Internet personality * PANDA BOI, Internet personality

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Demographics

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People

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