Vermezzo

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Vermezzo
Comune
Comune di Vermezzo
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Vermezzo
Location of Vermezzo in Italy
Coordinates: 45°24′N8°58′E / 45.400°N 8.967°E / 45.400; 8.967 Coordinates: 45°24′N8°58′E / 45.400°N 8.967°E / 45.400; 8.967
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Metropolitan city Milan (MI)
Government
 • Mayor Andrea Cipullo
Area
 • Total 6.31 km2 (2.44 sq mi)
Elevation 111 m (364 ft)
Population (31 December 2017) [1]
 • Total 3,943
 • Density 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Vermezzesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code20080
Dialing code 02
Website Official website

Vermezzo (Lombard : Vermezz [ʋerˈmɛs] ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) southwest of Milan.

Lombard language Gallo-Italic language spoken in the Italian region of Lombardy

Lombard is a language belonging to the Cisalpine or Gallo-Italic group, within the Romance languages. It is a cluster of homogeneous varieties used by at least 3,500,000 native speakers in Northern Italy, Southern Switzerland, and Brazil. The languages closest to Lombard are Franco-Provençal, French, Romansh, and Occitan.

<i>Comune</i> third-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic

The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.

Metropolitan City of Milan Metropolitan City in Lombardy, Italy

The Metropolitan City of Milan is a metropolitan city in the Lombardy region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan. It replaced the Province of Milan and includes the city of Milan and other 133 municipalities or communes (comuni). It was first created by the reform of local authorities and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been operative since January 1, 2015.

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Vermezzo borders the following municipalities: Albairate, Gaggiano, Abbiategrasso, Gudo Visconti, Zelo Surrigone, Morimondo.

Albairate Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Albairate is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Milan.

Gaggiano Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Gaggiano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 13 kilometres southwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,360 and an area of 26.7 square kilometres (10.3 sq mi).

Abbiategrasso Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Abbiategrasso, formerly written Abbiate Grasso, is a comune and town in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy, situated in the Po valley approximately 22 kilometres from Milan and 38 kilometres from Pavia.

Vermezzo is served by Albairate-Vermezzo railway station.

Albairate-Vermezzo railway station

Albairate-Vermezzo railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Mortara–Milan railway, it serves the municipalities of Albairate and Vermezzo.

Main sights

The Church of Saint Zeno is a Baroque church dating from the 17th-18th centuries. The interior of the church has several notable frescos.

Baroque architecture building style of the Baroque era

Baroque architecture is the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church. It was characterized by new explorations of form, light and shadow, and dramatic intensity. Common features of Baroque architecture included gigantism of proportions; a large open central space where everyone could see the altar; twisting columns, theatrical effects, including light coming from a cupola above; dramatic interior effects created with bronze and gilding; clusters of sculpted angels and other figures high overhead; and an extensive use of trompe-l'oeil, also called "quadratura," with painted architectural details and figures on the walls and ceiling, to increase the dramatic and theatrical effect.

The Palazzo Pozzobonelli Panigarola, located in Vermezzo's main square, was built on the remnants of the local castle by the Pozzobonelli House. In the late 15th century it was acquired by Gustavo Panigarola, an officer of Ludovico il Moro, who had it renovated and decorated with frescos inspired by the style of Leonardo da Vinci and Bramante. In the 18th Century the building returned to the Pozzebonelli House, and became the summer residence of Cardinal Giuseppe Pozzobonelli. The building is now owned by the Lattuada family.

Leonardo da Vinci Italian Renaissance polymath

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture, and he is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute, helicopter, and tank, he epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal.

Donato Bramante architect, sculptor, graphic artist, fresco painter, painter

Donato Bramante, born as Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio and also known as Bramante Lazzari, was an Italian architect. He introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome, where his plan for St. Peter's Basilica formed the basis of design executed by Michelangelo. His Tempietto marked the beginning of the High Renaissance in Rome (1502) when Pope Julius II appointed him to build a sanctuary over the spot where Peter was allegedly crucified.

Giuseppe Pozzobonelli Archbishop of Milan

Giuseppe II Pozzobonelli was an Italian Cardinal and the Archbishop of Milan from 1743 to 1783.

The Cascina Grande ("Big Cascina") is an ancient farmhouse that also used to belong to the Pozzobonelli House. It was thoroughly restored in 1920 by Ovidio Capelli, then Mayor of Vermezzo, who had the internal courtyard decorated with a scaled-down reproduction of the towers of Milan's Sforza Castle.

Cascina a corte agricultural structure typical of the Lombardy Po Valley

In Italy, the phrase cascina a corte refers to a type of rural building traditional of the Po Valley, especially of Lombardy and of some areas of Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna.

Sforza Castle castle in Milan, Italy

Sforza Castle is in Milan, northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification. Later renovated and enlarged, in the 16th and 17th centuries it was one of the largest citadels in Europe. Extensively rebuilt by Luca Beltrami in 1891–1905, it now houses several of the city's museums and art collections.

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References

  1. ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.


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