Cornate d'Adda (''Curnàa'' in the
Brianza dialect, and simply Cornate until 1924) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' of 10,799 inhabitants
in the
province of Monza and Brianza, and it is 21
km away from
Monza
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, the
provincial capital. It is part of the ''
Vimercatese'' and of the ''
Parco Adda Nord
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* Parco P.I., a reality ...
''. The
''frazioni'' of
Colnago and of
Porto d'Adda
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are part of the municipal territory.
The square of Cornate is called the XV Martyrs, as a re-enactment of the 15 partisans shot in Milan, in
Piazzale Loreto, on 10 August 1944 by the
Nazi
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. On 29 May 2018 the
President of the Republic conferred the title of "
City
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of Cornate d'Adda".
References
External links
Official website(in Italian)
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