Villasanta

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Villasanta
Comune
Comune di Villasanta
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Church of St. Anastasia.
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Coat of arms
Location of Villasanta
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Location of Villasanta in Italy
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Villasanta
Villasanta (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 45°36′N9°18′E / 45.600°N 9.300°E / 45.600; 9.300
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Monza and Brianza (MB)
Frazioni La Santa (communal seat), San Fiorano e Sant'Alessandro
Government
 • MayorEmilio Merlo
Area
[1]
 • Total
4.9 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Elevation
173 m (568 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2007 [2] ) [3]
 • Total
13,480
 • Density2,800/km2 (7,100/sq mi)
Demonym Villasantesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
20852
Dialing code 039
Website Official website

Villasanta (La Santa) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Milan.

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Villasanta borders the following municipalities: Arcore, Biassono, Monza, Concorezzo.

Comune Villa San Fiorano existed from 14. Century till 1757. [4]

History

It is believed that the original core of the town center emerged during the Roman era, serving as a resting place along the road from Milan and Monza to Olginate, at the junction leading to Vimercate.

The existence of the church dedicated to Saint Anastasia is confirmed by a document from the year 768, though its founding is likely much older. According to historian Oleg Zastrow, who conducted a study on the parish's history, the church can be dated to the time of Theodoric the Great (around 500) or earlier. [5]

Another document confirms the presence, in 961, of the church and attached hospice (in Latin, xenodochium) of Saint Alexander in the area where the homonymous district now stands. The hospice operated for several centuries, likely abandoned around the year 1300.

The settlement that developed around the church of Saint Anastasia adopted its name over the centuries, first known as the "Place of the Saint," and later simply "La Santa." The areas corresponding to the districts of Sant'Alessandro and San Fiorano were called Villola or Coliate in medieval documents and later Villa.

In 1578, the church of Saint Anastasia, which until then had been dependent on the Monza Cathedral, was elevated to a parish by Saint Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan. The parish encompassed the entire municipal territory, though it remained administratively divided: La Santa continued to be part of Monza, while Villa became a separate municipality named Villa San Fiorano. [6] In 1791, the municipality of Villa San Fiorano remained under the jurisdiction of the Monza court, part of the XIII "censual district" of the province of Milan.

In 1928, La Santa was separated from Monza and merged with Villa San Fiorano. Since it constituted a significant part of the new municipality, in 1929, the name was changed to Villasanta, a fusion of the two original names.

Symbols

Per fess: in the 1st, argent, a watermelon proper placed in fess; in the 2nd, argent, three bends sable, charged in the center with a seated dog, argent; on the partition, a red fess, charged on the right with a horse bit, argent, and on the left with three rings interlaced, proper. [7]

The elements in the coat of arms are taken from the heraldry of three ancient families. The watermelon or melon refers to the Mellerio family; the silver and black stripes and the dog are symbols of the Taverna family; [8] the fess with a horse bit and three rings refers to the Somaglia family. [9]

The gonfalon is a split drape of blue and green.

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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. ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. ↑ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Comune di Villa San Fiorano sec. XIV - 1757".
  5. ↑ Oleg Zastrow, La chiesa di Santa Anastasia a Villasanta: dalle origini remote ai tempi odierni, Parrocchia Santa Anastasia, 2004.
  6. ↑ "Comune di Villa San Fiorano sec. XIV - 1757".
  7. ↑ "Villasanta".
  8. ↑ Coat of arms of the Taverna family of Milan: quartered: 1st and 4th, bendy of silver and black; 2nd and 3rd, azure, a dog argent, collared gold, seated on a silver cushion, on a silver base, gazing at a star (8) or, in the upper left corner.
  9. ↑ "Lo stemma comunale". Comune di Villasanta. 26 May 2008.




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