Castiglione Olona

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Castiglione Olona
Castiglione Olona (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 45°45′N8°53′E / 45.750°N 8.883°E / 45.750; 8.883
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Varese (VA)
Frazioni Gornate Superiore, Caronno Corbellaro
Government
 • MayorEmanuele Poretti
Area
[1]
 • Total7 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation
307 m (1,007 ft)
Population
 (2015) [2]
 • Total7,753
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Demonym Castiglionesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
21043
Dialing code 0331
Website Official website

Castiglione Olona is a town and comune in the province of Varese, in Lombardy. As of 31 December 2015, it has a population of 7,753 inhabitants. [3]

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History

The town of Castiglione Olona rose around the fifth century CE under the Roman Empire domain. Consequently, the Lombards entered and took possession of the village until the Castiglioni family became sole proprietor of the land around 1000 AC. The family engaged in many battles for the rule of the lands so they had walls built all around the village to protect themselves from enemies. Today only a small part of the walls near the fortress is visitable. In 1422, cardinal Branda da Castiglione obtained the permission from Pope Martin V to build the church of Collegiata (Santi Stefano e Lorenzo); the church contains frescoes attributed to Masolino. [4]

In the town, the 15th and 16th century palace of cardinal Branda now serves as a museum, still contains a chapel and a number of frescoed walls, some attributed to Sienese painter Vecchietta. [5]

Twin towns — sister cities

Castiglione Olona is twinned with:

Sport

The site of the former track is the Varesina Sports Center, which today has two synthetic football pitches and a smaller covered indoor pitch.

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References

  1. ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ↑ ISTAT Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Popolazione Castiglione Olona (2001-2020) Grafici su dati ISTAT".
  4. ↑ "Città di Castiglione Olona". Archived from the original on 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
  5. ↑ Lombardia Beni Culturali, entry on the palace.
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