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Arcore
Arcor (Lombard)
Comune
Comune di Arcore
Villa Borromeo-D'Adda
Villa Borromeo-D'Adda
Location of Arcore
Map
Arcore is located in Italy
Arcore
Arcore
Location of Arcore in Italy
Arcore is located in Lombardy
Arcore
Arcore
Arcore (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 45°38′N 9°19′E / 45.633°N 9.317°E / 45.633; 9.317
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceMonza and Brianza (MB)
FrazioniBernate, Cascina del Bruno, La Ca', Ca Bianca
Government
 • MayorRosalba Colombo (PD)
Area
[1]
 • Total
9.3 km2 (3.6 sq mi)
Elevation
193 m (633 ft)
Population
 (30 November 2017[2])[3]
 • Total
17,960
 • Density1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi)
DemonymArcoresi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
20862
Dialing code039
WebsiteOfficial website

Arcore (Template:Lang-lmo) 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.

Arcore borders the following municipalities: Usmate Velate, Camparada, Lesmo, Biassono, Vimercate, Villasanta, Concorezzo.

History

Via Roma and Villa Borromeo-D'Adda, end of 19th century.
Villa San Martino, the personal residence of Silvio Berlusconi.

The origin of the city is not clear: by the etymology of the name, it's probably datable during the Roman Empire. To endorse this hypothesis there are different elements: the presence of centuriations and the discovery, in the Middle Ages, of a Roman marble slab, now kept in the Archaeological Museum of Milan.

The oldest documents so far discovered dates back to the 10th century. Arcore, in the Middle Ages, is under the control of the Pieve of Vimercate, and is historically documented the presence of two monasteries, la Casa delle Umiliate in Sant'Apollinare and the Benedictine monastery of Saint Martin of Tours.

By the 16th century, several noble lombard families (Casati, Durini, Giulini, Vismara, D'Adda, Barbò) begin to build many important villas usually surrounded by park, the ville di delizia, including the Villa Borromeo-d'Adda, the Villa la Cazzola and the Villa San Martino (the current residence of Silvio Berlusconi).

After the Italian unification (1861), through the construction of the 2 Arcore's railway stations (the first in front at Villa Borromeo-D'Adda, and the second - of a different railway line - located in Ca' Bianca-Buttafava) and the establishment of numerous industries (like Gilera), the city has gradually expanded up to become, today, one of the most active and largest city in Brianza.

Twin towns

Arcore is twinned with:

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.
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