Cassano d'Adda
Views of Cassano - the southern-most after Trezzo and Vaprio, and the largest of the three Milan cities on the Adda river - opens on gardens and the countryside around the river and canals.
The site, mentioned in written sources since 887, was originally centered around the Adda guard castle but the town features softened over the centuries thanks to the villas built by the Milan aristocracy. For over a century and a half, the local train station has been midway between Milan and Bergamo.
Useful information
address
via Manzoni,
7
20062 Cassano d'Adda MI
telephone +39 0363 366011
information
telephone +39 0363 366011
fax +39 0363 64422
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How to arrive
Find the public transportation and plan the route (The page is available in Italian only)
Notes
Fundamental in the history of Cassano and Groppello, and more in general decisive in forming the character of Milan and its hinterland, the Borromeo family is one of the most important dynasties ever to enter into the history of Lombardy, second only, perhaps, to the Dukes of Visconti.
The two main figures were Cardinals Carlo and Federigo, cousins and protagonists of 14th and 15th century Lombardy and the iron resistance posed by the people against the repeated catastrophe of the plague.
A monument in front of the castle and the name of a square are reminders that Cassano was the birthplace of the Italian Army Captain Giuseppe Perrucchetti who, in 1872, founded the mountain infantry corps: the “Alpini???.
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