Inzago
Inzago is situated between Gorgonzola and Cassano d’Adda: nowadays the Padana Superiore road passes through the town but in the 15th century it overlooked the Martesana canal. It was once a popular place for noble Milanese families to spend the summer. Its very old origins are confirmed by documents written as early as 848 and 807 when its name was reported as Aniciaco or Anticiacum; in medieval times the settlement belonged to the abbot of the Milan church of Sant’Ambrogio. It has some interesting sites that testify to its past as a “resort??? and recommend it as a tourist destination.
Near the town hall building, the former Palazzo Piola, stands the church dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta. At the side of the church there is a bell tower with eight bells, whose sound used to be so loud and could be heard from so far away that the locals were called "batach" (a term derived from "batacchio", the Italian word for bell clapper).
Villa Gnecchi, the former Villa Franchetti, is located in Piazza Quintiliano di Vona.
Useful information
address Muncipality of Inzago
piazza Quintiliano di Vona,
3
20065 Inzago MI
telephone +39 02 9543981
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telephone +39 02 9543981
fax +39 02 95310447
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Notes
On the second Sunday in October, Inzago holds its Patron Saint’s Day Festival, followed by the traditional livestock fair founded in 1803.
Details
myth, legends, curiosity
The Franchetti family, who had a cockerel as their emblem, had the contract for the postal service from Milan to Vienna between the 18th and 19th centuries. There most probably was a stagecoach stop with a change of horses opposite the villa.
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