Cornate d'Adda (''Curnàa'' in the
Brianza dialect, and simply Cornate until 1924) is a ''
comune
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'' of 10,799 inhabitants
in the
province of Monza and Brianza
The province of Monza and Brianza (; ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Description
It was officially created by splitting the north-eastern part from the province of Milan on 12 May 2004, and became executive ...
, and it is 21
km away from
Monza
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, the
provincial capital
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. It is part of the ''
Vimercatese'' and of the ''
Parco Adda Nord
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''. The
''frazioni'' of
Colnago
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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
Piazzale Loreto is a major city square in Milan, Italy.
Origin
The name ''Loreto'' is also used in a wider sense to refer to the district surrounding the square, which is part of the Zone 2 administrative division, in the northeastern part of ...
, on 10 August 1944 by the
Nazi
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. On 29 May 2018 the
President of the Republic
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Designation
In most cases the president of a republic is elected, either:
* by direct universal s ...
conferred the title of "
City
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of Cornate d'Adda".
References
External links
Official website(in Italian)
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