Cuggiono ( lmo, Cugiònn ) is a small
Italian town and ''
comune
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'' in the
Metropolitan City of Milan, west of Milan on the Motorway A4 to
Turin
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, gate of Marcallo-Mesero.
American baseball player
Yogi Berra
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's parents were from there. Italian singer and composer
Angelo Branduardi
Angelo Branduardi (born 12 February 1950) is an Italian folk/folk rock singer-songwriter and composer who scored relative success in Italy and European countries such as France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Greece.
Biography
Branduardi was ...
was born there.
Cuggiono is the sister city of
Herrin, Illinois. Many Italians from Cuggiono, emigrated to
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois, also known as Little Egypt, is the southern third of Illinois, principally along and south of Interstate 64. Although part of a Midwestern state, this region is aligned in culture more with that of the Upland South than the Mi ...
to work in the coal mines with hopes of the
American Dream in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They formed neighborhoods in towns throughout Southern Illinois.
Cuggiono borders the following municipalities:
Castano Primo,
Buscate,
Arconate,
Robecchetto con Induno,
Galliate,
Mesero and
Bernate Ticino
Bernate Ticino ( Milanese: , locally ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the northern Italian region Lombardy, located about west of Milan.
The town is located by the Ticino river and it is crossed by the N ...
.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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