Cinisello Balsamo
Cinisello Balsamo
Cinisell Balsom (Lombard) | |
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| Comune di Cinisello Balsamo | |
 Piazza Gramsci | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Cinisello Balsamo Location of Cinisello Balsamo in Italy  Cinisello Balsamo Cinisello Balsamo (Lombardy) | |
| Coordinates: 45°33′N 9°13′E / 45.550°N 9.217°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Metropolitan city | Milan (MI) |
| Frazioni | Bellaria, Bettola, Borgo Misto, Campo dei Fiori, Casignolo, Cornaggia, Crocetta, Nigozza, Robecco, Sant'Eusebio, Villa Rachele |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Giacomo Giovanni Ghilardi |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.72 km2 (4.91 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 154 m (505 ft) |
| Population (30 November 2017)[2] | |
• Total | 75,943 |
| • Density | 5,970/km2 (15,460/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Cinisellesi and Balsamesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 20092 |
| Dialing code | 02 |
| Patron saint | St. Ambrose |
| Saint day | December 7 |
| Website | Official website |
Cinisello Balsamo (Italian pronunciation: [tʃiniˈzɛllo ˈbalsamo]; Lombard: Cinisell Balsom [tʃiniˌzɛl ˈbaːlsum]) is a comune (municipality) of about 75,200 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Milan.
Cinisello Balsamo borders the following municipalities: Monza, Muggiò, Nova Milanese, Paderno Dugnano, Cusano Milanino, Sesto San Giovanni, Bresso.
The current comune was formed in 1928 by the union of Cinisello and Balsamo, and received the honorary title of city through a presidential decree on 17 October 1972.
Etymology
[edit]Cinisello, originally called Cinixellum, is theorised to have its name come from "Cinis Aelli", "ash of the Aelli", the latter being a supposed Roman gens which would have found burial here.[3]
Balsamo, originally called Balxamum and later Balsemum, is considered to have come from a noble Milanese family of the 10th century that had possessions here.[4]
History
[edit]Until the late 1920s, Cinisello and Balsamo were two separate municipalities. By royal decree, on 13 September 1928 a merger was arranged to form the current commune.
As a symbol, the emblem of the city now encompasses those of the two municipalities merged: the emblem of the pastoral and the sword on a red field in fact belongs to Balsamo, the rampant crowned lion on a blue field belongs to Cinisello.
Demographics
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Main sights
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- Church of Sant'Ambrogio (17th century) in Cinisello
- Small church of Sant'Eusebio, dating from Lombard times
- Shrine of St. Martin Bishop (16th century)
- Church of San Martino (16th century) in Balsamo
- Villa Ghirlanda Silva Cipelletti (16th century) with one of the first Landscape garden in Italy, designed by count Ercole Silva in the early of 19th century
- Piazza Gramsci, the main square of Cinisello, overlooked by the Church of Sant'Ambrogio and Villa Arconati
- Church of Saint Pio X (1958)
- Church of Saint Joseph worker (1957)
- Church of Saint Peter (1968)
- Church of Sacred Family (1965)
- Church of Santa Margherita (1961)
- Church of San Bernardino
People
[edit]- Carino of Balsamo (? – 1293), beatified Dominican lay brother
- Carlo Oriani (1888), cyclist
- Valerio Ruggeri (1934), voice actor
- Ernesto Castano (1939), footballer
- Pierino Prati (1946), footballer and coach
- Gaetano Scirea (1953), footballer and coach
- Marco Veronese (1976), footballer and coach
- Roberto Cammarelle (1980), boxer
- Sfera Ebbasta (1992), rapper
- Luciano Spinelli (2000), actor and Internet personality
- PANDA BOI, Internet personality
International relations
[edit]Cinisello Balsamo is twinned with:
Mazzarino, Italy
See also
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- Borgo Misto
- Crocetta (Cinisello Balsamo)
- Villa Rachele
- SS36
- Province of Milan
- Lombardy
- Lombards
- Sanctuary of San Martino
- Church of San Martino (Cinisello Balsamo)
References
[edit]- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Meroni, Ezio (1993). La parrocchiale di Sant'Ambrogio ad Nemus - Arte e fede nei secoli. Cinisello Balsamo: Parrocchia di Sant'Ambrogio ad Nemus in Cinisello. p. 57.
- ^ Scurati, Alberto (1987). L'enciclopedia di Cinisello Balsamo. Cinisello Balsamo: Comune di Cinisello Balsamo. p. 28.
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