Rho, Lombardy
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| Città di Rho | |||
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| Coordinates: 45°32′N 09°02′E / 45.533°N 9.033°E | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Lombardy | ||
| Province | Milan (MI) | ||
| Frazioni | Lucernate, Mazzo Milanese, Passirana, Terrazzano, Biringhello, Castellazzo, Pantanedo | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Pietro Romano (Centre-Left) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 22.32 km2 (8.6 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 156 m (512 ft) | ||
| Population (30 September 2009) | |||
| • Total | 50,648 | ||
| • Density | 2,269.2/km2 (5,877.1/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Rhodensi | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 20017 | ||
| Dialing code | 02 | ||
| Patron saint | Victor Maurus | ||
| Saint day | May 8 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Rho is a town and comune (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 14 km northwest of Milan, and has about 51,000 inhabitants.
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[edit] Geography
Rho is lapped by the river Olona and crossed by its tributaries Bozzente and Lura, nowadays partially cloaked inside the town. At the north and east of the town, there is the Strada statale 33 del Sempione, which in the past were crossing the town itself, in the current corso Europa. Rho is at the meeting point of railways linking Milan to Varese (Line S5) and Milan to Novara (Line S6).
[edit] Frazioni
Inside the municipality of Rho are located seven frazioni:
- Castellazzo: modest inhabited in the west part of the communal territory, close to the place where was situated a country manor house; nowadays it is located near the popular residential quarter of via Capuana
- Biringhello: small village up north-west the town, beyond the Sempione road and bordering with Barbaiana of Lainate
- Lucernate: popular southern neighbourhood, beyon the railway station, in the zone of resurgences
- Mazzo: called also Mazzo Milanese or Mazzo di Rho, densely populated eastern hamlet, close to the Fiera di Milano.
- Pantanedo: little hamlet, up east Mazzo, made just by an inhabited farm house and some industrial plants
- Passirana: town located in the north part of the municipality, close to Arese
- Terrazzano: big north-east hamlet, near the junction between A4 and A50 (tool-house of Terrazzano on the A50), it is near to Arese too
[edit] History
Rho is first mentioned in a written document from 846 AD, referred to as simply a bunch of houses under the name of Vicus Raudus. According to a theory, the name derives from the Campi Raudi where the Roman consul Caius Marius defeated the Cimbri. A different theory postulates that the city was founded by expatriates from the Greek island of Rhodes.[1]
After 1000 AD the town bloomed as a free commune and in 1004 Emperor Henry II soujourned here: in 1160, however, it was razed to the ground by Frederick Barbarossa, as punishment for rebellion against the Holy Roman Empire. The city recovered speedily, but again in 1313 it was besieged by Milanese troops, its inhabitants again slaughtered or dispersed. Another sack occurred in 1511 by Landsknecht troops.
Rho received the honorary title of city with a royal decree on March 31, 1932.
[edit] Culture
The new megacomplex of FieraMilano (Milan Fair), opened in 2005 and is located in Rho near the border with Pero.
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