Castiglione Olona
Castiglione Olona is a town and comune in the province of Varese, in Lombardy. As of 31 December 2015, it has a population of 7,753 inhabitants.[3]
Castiglione Olona | |
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| Comune di Castiglione Olona | |
Castiglione Olona Location of Castiglione Olona in Italy Castiglione Olona Castiglione Olona (Lombardy) | |
| Coordinates: 45°45′N 8°53′E / 45.750°N 8.883°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Varese (VA) |
| Frazioni | Gornate Superiore, Caronno Corbellaro |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Emanuele Poretti |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 307 m (1,007 ft) |
| Population (2015)[2] | |
| • Total | 7,753 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Castiglionesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 21043 |
| Dialing code | 0331 |
| Website | Official website |
History edit
The town of Castiglione Olona rose around the fifth century CE under the Roman Empire domain. Consequently, the Lombards entered and took possession of the village until the Castiglioni family became sole proprietor of the land around 1000 AC. The family engaged in many battles for the rule of the lands so they had walls built all around the village to protect themselves from enemies. Today only a small part of the walls near the fortress is visitable. In 1422, cardinal Branda da Castiglione obtained the permission from Pope Martin V to build the church of Collegiata (Santi Stefano e Lorenzo); the church contains frescoes attributed to Masolino.[4]
In the town, the 15th and 16th century palace of cardinal Branda now serves as a museum, still contains a chapel and a number of frescoed walls, some attributed to Sienese painter Vecchietta.[5]
Twin towns — sister cities edit
Castiglione Olona is twinned with:
- Étupes, France
Sport edit
- The Varesina stadium complex and Stadio Comunale di Venegono is home to Varesina Sport CV SSD football team.
- The Moto Club Castiglione Olona organised motorcycle speedway and the track on Via Asiago. It hosted important events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1976 and 1980[6] and a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship in 1978.[7]
The site of the former track is the Varesina Sports Center, which today has two synthetic football pitches and a smaller covered indoor pitch.
References edit
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ ISTAT March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Popolazione Castiglione Olona (2001-2020) Grafici su dati ISTAT".
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
- ^ Lombardia Beni Culturali, entry on the palace.
- ^ "Speedway World Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 2 February 2024.