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Brianza is a geographical area at the foot of the Alps, in north-western Lombardy

Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

, northern Italy

Italy

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Geography

Brianza extends from Canzo

Canzo

Canzo or Canz is a town and comune in the province of Como, in Lombardy. It has 5,192 citizens and an area of 11.8 km², with a density of 445 humans/km²...

zone northwards to the Monza

Monza

Monza is a city and comune on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy some 15 km north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of Monza and Brianza. It is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.On June...

area (as far as, approximately, 14 km from Milan

Milan

Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...

), and from the Seveso

Seveso

Seveso is a town and comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Region of Lombardy. The economy of the town has traditionally been based around the furniture industry....

river westwards to the Adda

Adda River

The Adda is a river in North Italy, a tributary of the Po. It rises in the Alps near the border with Switzerland and flows through Lake Como. The Adda joins the Po a few kilometres upstream of Cremona. It is 313 kilometres long...

river. Another important river is the Lambro

Lambro

For the river in Cilento, see Lambro . For the genus, see Lambro .The Lambro is a river of Lombardy, northern Italy, a left tributary of the Po....

. The southern and western area are mostly plain, while the northern and eastern are hilly.
Important towns, ( but all Municipalities of Brianza are important for the people of Brianza ), are : Fino Mornasco

Fino Mornasco

Fino Mornasco is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Como...

, Cantù

Cantù

Cantù is a city and comune in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. It is the second largest city in Brianza.-History:...

, Mariano Comense

Mariano Comense

Mariano Comense is a town and comune in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy. It has c. 23,600 inhabitants and is one of the most important cities of the Brianza. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on February 29, 1996. The city is also known for the drummer Fabio...

, Montorfano

Montorfano

Montorfano is a town and comune in the province of Como, part of Lombardy, in northern Italy. It is situated about south of Como, which is at the southern tip of Lake Como, puse north of Milan. It has about 2,500 inhabitants...

, Erba

Erba (CO)

Erba is a comune of some 17,000 inhabitants in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy...

, Canzo

Canzo

Canzo or Canz is a town and comune in the province of Como, in Lombardy. It has 5,192 citizens and an area of 11.8 km², with a density of 445 humans/km²...

, Annone di Brianza

Annone di Brianza

Annone di Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 9 km southwest of Lecco...

, Merate

Merate

Merate is a municipality of 14,872 inhabitants in the province of Lecco, Lombardy .- History :The name Melatum appeared for the first time in the 4th century; it may be derived from the Greek for black/gloomy/dark because of the presence of woods, or from the Italian for apple : an important fruit...

, Casatenovo

Casatenovo

Casatenovo is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km southwest of Lecco. , it had a population of c...

, Oggiono

Oggiono

Oggiono is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Lecco....

, Barzanò

Barzanò

Barzanò is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Lecco....

, Colle Brianza

Colle Brianza

Colle Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km southwest of Lecco...

, Lissone

Lissone

Lissone is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Italy. Lissone is 18 kilometers far from Milan, that is the capital of the Region to whom the municipality belongs....

, Desio

Desio

Desio is a town and comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy.-History:In 1277 it was the location of the battle between the Visconti and della Torre families for the rule of Milan. It is also known as the birthplace of Pope Pius XI and the Arsenal goalkeeper, Vito Mannone...

, Seregno

Seregno

-Local Economy and Business:Seregno is positioned in the middle of one of the most economically productive areas in Italy with a high concentration of small and medium-sized enterprises. The total number of companies listed in Seregno is over 3,600, equal to about 6% of companies throughout the...

, Briosco

Briosco

Briosco is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,676 and an area of 6.6 km²....

, Carate Brianza

Carate Brianza

Carate Brianza is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza. The city lies at an altitude ranging from 230 and 300 m above sea level, on the Lambro river.- History :...

, Vedano al Lambro

Vedano al Lambro

Vedano al Lambro is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northeast of Milan....

, Giussano

Giussano

Giussano is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan...

, Lesmo

Lesmo

Lesmo is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan....

, Seveso

Seveso

Seveso is a town and comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Region of Lombardy. The economy of the town has traditionally been based around the furniture industry....

, Cesano Maderno, Lentate sul Seveso

Lentate sul Seveso

Lentate sul Seveso is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan....

, Vimercate

Vimercate

Vimercate is a city and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is 25 kilometres from Milan and 10 from Monza.The city was originally founded by the Romans on the banks of the river Molgora.-Main sights:...

, Olgiate Molgora

Olgiate Molgora

Olgiate Molgora is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km south of Lecco...

, Agrate Brianza

Agrate Brianza

Agrate Brianza is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan.-Notable people:* Clement Vismara , missionary* Valentino Giambelli , builder...

, Veduggio con Colzano

Veduggio con Colzano

Veduggio con Colzano is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan.- External links :*...

, Inverigo, Nibionno, Cassago Brianza

Cassago Brianza

Cassago Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco...

.

The languages spoken in this area are Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

and Brianzöö

Brianzöö

Brianzöö or Brianzoeu is a group of variants , of Western Lombard language variety of the Lombard language. It is spoken in Brianza, in many forms....

, a dialect of the Lombard language.

Brianza is densely populated (1.372 inhabitants/km²) and remarkable for its fertility. Due to its hilly nature, it is a favourite summer resort for the people of Milan

Milan

. Its economy includes, among many other things, the production of furniture

Furniture

Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...

and hex key

Hex key

A hex key, Allen key, or Allen wrench is a tool of hexagonal cross-section used to drive bolts and screws that have a hexagonal socket in the head .- Nomenclature :...

.The agro-industrial technology, the high-tech economy and the so-called green economy have developed in recent years.

General geographic boundaries of Brianza

--The northeastern borders: the hills and valleys that from Garlate Lake arrive to Galbiate-Civate and then up to the sources of the Lambro

Lambro

For the river in Cilento, see Lambro . For the genus, see Lambro .The Lambro is a river of Lombardy, northern Italy, a left tributary of the Po....

on Monte San Primo.

-The northwestern borders: the hills and valleys that from the sources of the Lambro

Lambro

For the river in Cilento, see Lambro . For the genus, see Lambro .The Lambro is a river of Lombardy, northern Italy, a left tributary of the Po....

back down to Tavernerio, (above of the lake of Montorfano) , continue along the line Lipomo-Capiago Intimiano-Senna Comasco-Casnate con Bernate and then arrive where Seveso river takes its source on Sasso di Cavallasca.

-The southern borders :beginning of Limbiate, the municipalities along the Canale Villoresi to its confluence in the Adda River.

-The eastern borders: the Adda (river)
Adda (river)
The Adda is a river in North Italy, a tributary of the Po. It rises in the Alps near the border with Switzerland and flows through Lake Como. The Adda joins the Po a few kilometres upstream of Cremona. It is 313 kilometres long...

, after the Lakes of Garlate and Olginate , to it receives the waters of the Canale Villoresi

Canale Villoresi

Canale Villoresi is a canal in Italy; it was the brainchild of Lombardy engineer Eugenio Villoresi.It originates from the River Ticino near the village of Somma Lombardo, and runs westwards for 86 km to the Adda River....

.

-The western borders: the Seveso (river) from its source on Sasso di Cavallasca to Paderno Dugnano where it crosses the Canale Villoresi , and ‘the beyond Seveso’ consisting of the municipalities of Cermenate, Lazzate, Misinto, Cogliate, Ceriano Laghetto, Solaro and Limbiate .

The map of Brianza

The towns and villages (municipalities) that make up the geographical, historical and cultural area of Brianza are listed below. In any case, Brianza in its widest extension may be bounded by the following municipalities: Paderno d’Adda, Robbiate

Robbiate

Robbiate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Lecco...

, Imbersago

Imbersago

Imbersago is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km south of Lecco...

, (at Imbersago there is the 'Traghetto di Leonardo', a boat that is a special kind of ferry that takes its name from its alleged inventor, Leonardo da Vinci, and unites the jetties Imbersago and Villa d'Adda; Villa d'Adda

Villa d'Adda

Villa d'Adda is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km west of Bergamo...

currently is in the province of Bergamo), Calco

Calco

Calco is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km south of Lecco...

, Brivio

Brivio

Brivio is a town and comune in the province of Lecco, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.thumb|250px|left|The Castle of Brivio in a 19th century etching....

, Airuno

Airuno

Airuno is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,749 and an area of 4.3 km²....

, Olginate

Olginate

Olginate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 6 km south of Lecco...

, Garlate

Garlate

Garlate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 6 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,630 and an area of 2.1 km²....

, Galbiate

Galbiate

Galbiate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 6 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,511 and an area of 16.1 km²...

, Civate

Civate

Civate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 4 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,898 and an area of 9.1 km²...

, Suello

Suello

Suello is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 7 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,587 and an area of 2.6 km². Lago di Annone is located on its borders.Suello borders...

, Cesana Brianza

Cesana Brianza

Cesana Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 9 km southwest of Lecco...

, Pusiano

Pusiano

Pusiano is a comune in the Province of Como, in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan, and about 15 km east of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,225, and an area of 3.2 km²....

, Eupilio

Eupilio

Eupilio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about east of Como...

, Canzo

Canzo

Canzo or Canz is a town and comune in the province of Como, in Lombardy. It has 5,192 citizens and an area of 11.8 km², with a density of 445 humans/km²...

, Asso

Asso

Asso is an Italian comune in the province of Como, in Lombardy, Italy. It has 3,524 citizens and an area of 6.46 km², with a density of 546 people/km².-Main sights:Significant historic buildings are:...

, Lasnigo

Lasnigo

Lasnigo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 401 and an area of 5.6 km²....

, Sormano

Sormano

Sormano is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km north of Milan and about 15 km northeast of Como....

, Magreglio

Magreglio

Magreglio is a small town in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy.-Twin towns: Friedberg, Germany...

, Civenna

Civenna

Civenna is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 668 and an area of 5.2 km²...

, Caglio

Caglio

Caglio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km north of Milan and about 13 km northeast of Como...

, Rezzago

Rezzago

Rezzago is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km north of Milan and about 14 km northeast of Como...

, Caslino d’Erba, Castelmarte

Castelmarte

Castelmarte is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 12 km east of Como...

, Ponte Lambro

Ponte Lambro

Ponte Lambro is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 12 km east of Como....

, Erba

Erba

-Places:China*Erba, Wuwei County , town in Wuwei County, Anhui*Erba, Harbin , town in Hulan District, HarbinItaly* Erba, Lombardy, a comune in the Province of Como* Caslino d'Erba, a comune in the Province of Como, Lombardy...

, Albavilla

Albavilla

Albavilla is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 8 km east of Como.-External links:*...

, Albese con Cassano

Albese con Cassano

Albese con Cassano is a town and comune in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy....

, Montorfano

Montorfano

, Tavernerio

Tavernerio

Tavernerio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 6 km east of Como...

, Lipomo

Lipomo

Lipomo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,758 and an area of 2.5 km²....

, Capiago Intimiano

Capiago Intimiano

Capiago is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 6 km southeast of Como...

, Senna Comasco

Senna Comasco

Senna Comasco is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 6 km south of Como...

, Casnate con Bernate

Casnate con Bernate

Casnate con Bernate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, about 30 km north of Milan and about 5 km south of Como...

, Grandate

Grandate

Grandate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southwest of Como....

, Montano Lucino

Montano Lucino

Montano Lucino is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about 5 km southwest of Como....

, Cavallasca

Cavallasca

Cavallasca is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 4 km west of Como, on the border with Switzerland...

, Villa Guardia

Villa Guardia

Villa Guardia is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northwest of Milan and about 6 km southwest of Como...

, Luisago

Luisago

Luisago is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,532 and an area of ....

, Fino Mornasco

Fino Mornasco

Fino Mornasco is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Como...

, Cucciago

Cucciago

Cucciago is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about south of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,205 and an area of 5.0 km²....

, Vertemate con Minoprio

Vertemate con Minoprio

Vertemate con Minoprio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan and about 9 km south of Como.-Main sights:*Abbey of San Giovanni a Vertemate, consecrated in 1096...

, Cantù

Cantù

Cantù is a city and comune in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. It is the second largest city in Brianza.-History:...

, Carimate

Carimate

Carimate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan and about 13 km south of Como...

, Cermenate

Cermenate

Cermenate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan and about 13 km south of Como...

, Lentate sul Seveso

Lentate sul Seveso

Lentate sul Seveso is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan....

, Lazzate

Lazzate

Lazzate is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,864 and an area of 5.3 km²....

, Misinto

Misinto

Misinto is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northwest of Milan....

, Cogliate

Cogliate

Cogliate is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northwest of Milan....

, Ceriano Laghetto

Ceriano Laghetto

Ceriano Laghetto is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northwest of Milan.-External links:*...

, Solaro

Solaro

Solaro is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 13,074 and an area of 6.7 km²....

, Limbiate

Limbiate

Limbiate is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km north of Milan.- Immigration : - Demografic Stats-External links:*...

, Varedo

Varedo

Varedo is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km north of Milan.Varedo borders the following municipalities: Desio, Bovisio-Masciago, Limbiate, Nova Milanese, Paderno Dugnano....

, Paderno Dugnano

Paderno Dugnano

Paderno Dugnano is a town and comune in the province of Milano, in Lombardy. It is bounded by other comuni of Senago, Varedo, Cusano Milanino, Cormano, Nova Milanese, Bollate, Novate Milanese, Cinisello Balsamo....

, Nova Milanese

Nova Milanese

Nova Milanese is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 13 km north of Milan.-External links:*...

, Muggiò

Muggiò

Muggiò is a city in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northeast of Milan. As of 2009, it had a population of 23,500 and an area of 5.5 km²...

, Monza

Monza

, Brugherio

Brugherio

Brugherio is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 14 km northeast of Milan...

, Carugate

Carugate

Carugate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 13,479 and an area of 5.4 km²....

, Pessano con Bornago

Pessano con Bornago

Pessano con Bornago is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan, in an area called Martesana....

, Gessate

Gessate

Gessate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,496 and an area of 7.8 km²....

, Masate

Masate

Masate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,533 and an area of 4.3 km²....

, Inzago

Inzago

Inzago is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan....

, Cassano d’Adda, Vaprio d’Adda, Trezzo sull’Adda, Cornate d’Adda.

Municipalities of Brianza

- In province of Monza and Brianza, (where is the area of Brianza divided into Monza, 'Monzese' territory, and low Brianza formerly of Milan) are the following towns:

Monza

Monza

, the towns of historic Monzese (Brugherio

Brugherio

Brugherio is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 14 km northeast of Milan...

and Villasanta

Villasanta

Villasanta is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan.Villasanta borders the following municipalities: Arcore, Biassono, Monza, Concorezzo....

) and the towns of area of low Brianza formerly of Milan. Included in the western area of low Brianza we find the towns of Barlassina

Barlassina

Barlassina is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km north of Milan.-External links:*...

, Bovisio-Masciago

Bovisio-Masciago

Bovisio-Masciago , is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km north of Milan.-Geography:...

, Ceriano Laghetto

Ceriano Laghetto

Ceriano Laghetto is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northwest of Milan.-External links:*...

, Cesano Maderno

Cesano Maderno

Cesano Maderno is a town and comune of c. 37,110 inhabitants in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, northern Italy. The town borders with the towns of Seveso in the North, in the South with Bovisio-Masciago, in the East with Desio and Seregno, and in the west with Ceriano Laghetto and...

, Cogliate

Cogliate

Cogliate is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northwest of Milan....

, Lazzate

Lazzate

, Lentate sul Seveso

Lentate sul Seveso

Lentate sul Seveso is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan....

, Limbiate

Limbiate

Limbiate is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km north of Milan.- Immigration : - Demografic Stats-External links:*...

, Meda

Meda

Međa is a village located in the Žitište municipality, in the Central Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

, Misinto

Misinto

Misinto is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northwest of Milan....

, Seveso

Seveso

Seveso is a town and comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Region of Lombardy. The economy of the town has traditionally been based around the furniture industry....

, Varedo

Varedo

. Included in the north central area of low Brianza we find the towns of Albiate

Albiate

Albiate is a town and commune in the province of Monza and Brianza. It lies 25 km north of Milan, at an altitude of 250 m above sea level where the last morenic hills of upper Lombardy meet the lombard plain. It borders on the communes of Seregno, Carate Brianza, Sovico, Triuggio, Lissone....

, Besana in Brianza

Besana in Brianza

Besana in Brianza is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Italy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree of February 16, 1971.-Famous citizens:* Don Carlo Gnocchi , blessed...

, Briosco

Briosco

, Carate Brianza

Carate Brianza

Carate Brianza is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza. The city lies at an altitude ranging from 230 and 300 m above sea level, on the Lambro river.- History :...

, Correzzana

Correzzana

Correzzana is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.Correzzana borders the following municipalities: Besana in Brianza, Casatenovo, Triuggio, Lesmo....

, Giussano

Giussano

Giussano is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan...

, Renate

Renate

Renate is a comune in the region of Lombardy within the province of Monza and Brianza....

, Triuggio

Triuggio

Triuggio is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.- External links :*...

, Veduggio con Colzano

Veduggio con Colzano

Veduggio con Colzano is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan.- External links :*...

, Verano Brianza

Verano Brianza

Verano Brianza is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 8,968 and an area of 3.5 km²....

. Included in the south central area of low Brianza we find the towns of Biassono

Biassono

Biassono is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan....

, Desio

Desio

, Lesmo

Lesmo

Lesmo is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan....

, Lissone

Lissone

Lissone is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Italy. Lissone is 18 kilometers far from Milan, that is the capital of the Region to whom the municipality belongs....

, Macherio

Macherio

Macherio is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan...

, Muggiò

Muggiò

Muggiò is a city in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northeast of Milan. As of 2009, it had a population of 23,500 and an area of 5.5 km²...

, Nova Milanese

Nova Milanese

Nova Milanese is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 13 km north of Milan.-External links:*...

, Seregno

Seregno

, Sovico

Sovico

Sovico is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,329 and an area of 3.2 km²....

and Vedano al Lambro

Vedano al Lambro

Vedano al Lambro is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northeast of Milan....

. Included in the western area of low Brianza we find the towns of Agrate Brianza

Agrate Brianza

, Aicurzio

Aicurzio

Aicurzio is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.-External links:*...

, Arcore

Arcore

Arcore is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan.Arcore borders the following municipalities: Usmate Velate, Camparada, Lesmo, Biassono, Vimercate, Villasanta, Concorezzo.A notable resident is Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime...

, Bellusco

Bellusco

Bellusco is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.-External links:*...

, Bernareggio

Bernareggio

Bernareggio is a comune in the Province of Monza e Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.-External links:*...

, Burago di Molgora

Burago di Molgora

Burago di Molgora is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan....

, Busnago

Busnago

Busnago is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan.-External links:*...

, Camparada

Camparada

Camparada is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.Camparada borders the following municipalities: Casatenovo, Usmate Velate, Lesmo, Arcore....

, Caponago

Caponago

Caponago is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 12 km northeast of Milan.Caponago borders the following municipalities: Agrate Brianza, Cambiago, Pessano con Bornago, Carugate....

, Carnate

Carnate

Carnate is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan....

, Cavenago Brianza, Concorezzo

Concorezzo

Concorezzo is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on September 25, 1989....

, Cornate d'Adda

Cornate d'Adda

Cornate d'Adda is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and 20 km from Monza.-External links:*...

, Mezzago

Mezzago

Mezzago is a comune in the Province of Monza e Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan.-External links:*...

, Ornago

Ornago

Ornago is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.-External links:*...

, Roncello

Roncello

Roncello is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.Roncello borders the following municipalities: Bellusco, Busnago, Ornago, Trezzano Rosa, Basiano....

, Ronco Briantino

Ronco Briantino

Ronco Briantino is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan....

, Sulbiate

Sulbiate

Sulbiate is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.-Main sights:*Church of Sant'Antonio*Church of Sant'Ambrogio*Lampugnani Castle...

, Usmate Velate

Usmate Velate

Usmate Velate is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan....

, Vimercate

Vimercate

.

- In Province of Milan

Province of Milan

The Province of Milan : /) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan. The provincial territory is highly urbanized, resulting in the third highest population density among the Italian provinces with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, just behind the provinces of...

: some people include in low Brianza areaPaderno Dugnano

Paderno Dugnano

and Solaro

Solaro

Solaro is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northwest of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 13,074 and an area of 6.7 km²....

, and also the municipalities of the area named 'Trezzese' located to the northeast of the province of Milan , (Basiano

Basiano

Basiano is a comune in the province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.Basiano borders the following municipalities: Ornago, Roncello, Trezzano Rosa, Cavenago di Brianza, Pozzo d'Adda, Cambiago, Masate.-External links:*...

, Cambiago

Cambiago

Cambiago is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2008, it had a population of 6,256 and an area of 7.3 km²....

, Carugate

Carugate

Carugate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 15 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 13,479 and an area of 5.4 km²....

, Cassano d'Adda

Cassano d'Adda

Cassano d'Adda is a town and comune in the province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, located on the right side of the Adda River. It is on the border of the province of Milan and the province of Bergamo.-History:...

, Grezzago

Grezzago

Grezzago is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,414 and an area of 2.5 km²....

, Pozzo d'Adda

Pozzo d'Adda

Pozzo d'Adda is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,903 and an area of 4.2 km²....

, Trezzano Rosa

Trezzano Rosa

Trezzano Rosa is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,992 and an area of 3.5 km²....

, Trezzo sull'Adda

Trezzo sull'Adda

Trezzo sull'Adda is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan on the Adda River.The Naviglio Martesana canal starts from the Adda in Trezzo's territory....

, Vaprio d'Adda

Vaprio d'Adda

Vaprio d'Adda is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan....

). Adjacent or very close to the 'Trezzese' are: Gessate

Gessate

Gessate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,496 and an area of 7.8 km²....

, Inzago

Inzago

Inzago is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan....

, Masate

Masate

Masate is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,533 and an area of 4.3 km²....

, Pessano con Bornago

Pessano con Bornago

Pessano con Bornago is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km northeast of Milan, in an area called Martesana....

.

- In Province of Lecco

Province of Lecco

The Province of Lecco is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco.On 1 January 2001 the province had a population of 311,452 on a surface of 816 km² divided in 90 communes...

, (where the area of Brianza is divided into oggionese, meratese and casatese high Brianza) there are the following towns:

Airuno

Airuno

, Annone di Brianza

Annone di Brianza

Annone di Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 9 km southwest of Lecco...

, Barzago

Barzago

Barzago is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Lecco...

, Barzanò

Barzanò

Barzanò is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Lecco....

, Bosisio Parini

Bosisio Parini

Bosisio Parini is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco, on the shores of the Lake of Pusiano....

, Brivio

Brivio

Brivio is a town and comune in the province of Lecco, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.thumb|250px|left|The Castle of Brivio in a 19th century etching....

, Bulciago

Bulciago

Bulciago is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 14 km southwest of Lecco...

, Calco

Calco

Calco is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km south of Lecco...

, Casatenovo

Casatenovo

Casatenovo is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km southwest of Lecco. , it had a population of c...

, Cassago Brianza

Cassago Brianza

Cassago Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco...

, Castello di Brianza

Castello di Brianza

Castello di Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

, Cernusco Lombardone

Cernusco Lombardone

Cernusco Lombardone is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2007, it had a population of 3,863 and an area of 3.8 km².Cernusco Lombardone borders the following...

, Cesana Brianza

Cesana Brianza

Cesana Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 9 km southwest of Lecco...

, Civate

Civate

, Colle Brianza

Colle Brianza

Colle Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km southwest of Lecco...

, Costa Masnaga

Costa Masnaga

Costa Masnaga is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Lecco....

, Cremella

Cremella

Cremella is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,609 and an area of 1.9 km².Cremella borders the following municipalities:...

, Dolzago

Dolzago

Dolzago is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

, Ello

Ello

Ello is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,202 and an area of 2.4 km²....

, Garbagnate Monastero

Garbagnate Monastero

Garbagnate Monastero is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 12 km southwest of Lecco....

, Imbersago

Imbersago

Imbersago is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km south of Lecco...

, Lomagna

Lomagna

Lomagna is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Lecco....

, Merate

Merate

, Missaglia

Missaglia

Missaglia is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian Lombardy region, located at the centre of the area known as the Meratese...

, Molteno

Molteno

Molteno is a comune and a hill-top town in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

, Montevecchia

Montevecchia

Montevecchia is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km south of Lecco...

, Monticello Brianza

Monticello Brianza

Monticello Brianza is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located in Brianza about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco.-External links:*...

, Nibionno

Nibionno

Nibionno is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco....

, Oggiono

Oggiono

Oggiono is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km southwest of Lecco....

, Olgiate Molgora

Olgiate Molgora

Olgiate Molgora is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km south of Lecco...

, Olginate

Olginate

Olginate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 6 km south of Lecco...

, Osnago

Osnago

Osnago is a town and comune in the province of Lecco, in Lombardy....

, Paderno d'Adda

Paderno d'Adda

Paderno d'Adda is a town and comune in the province of Lecco, in Lombardy....

, Perego

Perego

Perego is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,608 and an area of 4.3 km²....

, Robbiate

Robbiate

Robbiate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Lecco...

, Rogeno

Rogeno

Rogeno is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Lecco...

, Rovagnate

Rovagnate

Rovagnate is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km south of Lecco...

, Santa Maria Hoè

Santa Maria Hoè

Santa Maria Hoè is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,140 and an area of 2.8 km².Santa Maria Hoè borders the following...

, Sirone

Sirone

Sirone is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 11 km southwest of Lecco...

, Sirtori

Sirtori

Sirtori is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km southwest of Lecco...

, Suello

Suello

, Valgreghentino

Valgreghentino

Valgreghentino is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km south of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,197 and an area of 6.3 km².Valgreghentino borders the following municipalities:...

, Verderio Inferiore

Verderio Inferiore

Verderio Inferiore is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Lecco...

, Verderio Superiore

Verderio Superiore

Verderio Superiore is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km south of Lecco...

, Viganò

Viganò

Viganò is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,804 and an area of 1.6 km²....

.

- It may also include municipalities bordering Lecco: Galbiate

Galbiate

, Garlate

Garlate

.

- In Province of Como

Province of Como

The Province of Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Lecco to the East, the Province of Milan to the south and the Province of Varese to the West...

, (where is the area of Brianza divided into canturina low Brianza, erbese and canzese high Brianza) are the following towns:

Albavilla

Albavilla

Albavilla is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 8 km east of Como.-External links:*...

, Albese con Cassano

Albese con Cassano

Albese con Cassano is a town and comune in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy....

, Alserio

Alserio

Alserio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 10 km southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,127 and an area of 1.9 km²....

, Alzate Brianza

Alzate Brianza

Alzate Brianza is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 10 km southeast of Como.-External links:*...

, Anzano del Parco

Anzano del Parco

Anzano del Parco is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 11 km southeast of Como...

, Arosio

Arosio

-External links:* * * * * * * Bird observatory...

, Brenna

Brenna

is a village in and the seat of Gmina Brenna, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, located in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.It is located in the Silesian Beskids mountain range.Karol Holeksa, Polish politician, was born here....

, Cabiate

Cabiate

Cabiate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 km north of Milan and about 20 km southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,061 and an area of 3.2 km²....

, Cantù

Cantù

Cantù is a city and comune in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. It is the second largest city in Brianza.-History:...

, Canzo

Canzo

Canzo or Canz is a town and comune in the province of Como, in Lombardy. It has 5,192 citizens and an area of 11.8 km², with a density of 445 humans/km²...

, Carimate

Carimate

Carimate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan and about 13 km south of Como...

, Carugo

Carugo

Carugo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 30 km north of Milan and about 14 km southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,729 and an area of 4.1 km²....

, Caslino d'Erba

Caslino d'Erba

Caslino d'Erba is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 12 km east of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,745 and an area of 7.0 km²....

, Castelmarte

Castelmarte

Castelmarte is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 12 km east of Como...

, Cermenate

Cermenate

Cermenate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km north of Milan and about 13 km south of Como...

, Cucciago

Cucciago

, Erba

Erba (CO)

Erba is a comune of some 17,000 inhabitants in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy...

, Eupilio

Eupilio

Eupilio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about east of Como...

, Figino Serenza

Figino Serenza

Figino Serenza is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,842 and an area of 4.9 km²....

, Fino Mornasco

Fino Mornasco

Fino Mornasco is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Como...

, Inverigo

Inverigo

Inverigo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como...

, Lambrugo

Lambrugo

Lambrugo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como...

, Longone al Segrino

Longone al Segrino

Longone al Segrino is a small village between Como and Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy. It is located about north of Milan and about east of Como.It is famous for its beautiful lake, an unusual case of an intact ecosystem....

, Luisago

Luisago

, Lurago d'Erba

Lurago d'Erba

Lurago d'Erba is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como...

, Mariano Comense

Mariano Comense

, Merone

Merone

Merone is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,874 and an area of 3.2 km²....

, Monguzzo

Monguzzo

Monguzzo is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,001 and an area of 3.7 km²....

, Montorfano

Montorfano

, Novedrate

Novedrate

Novedrate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about south of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,950 and an area of 2.8 km²....

, Orsenigo

Orsenigo

-People:* Cesare Orsenigo, a Vatican diplomat* Giovanni Battista Orsenigo, an Italian monk and dentist* Simone da Orsenigo, an Italian architect...

, Ponte Lambro

Ponte Lambro

Ponte Lambro is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 12 km east of Como....

, Proserpio

Proserpio

Proserpio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 13 km east of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 942 and an area of 2.4 km²...

, Pusiano

Pusiano

, Vertemate con Minoprio

Vertemate con Minoprio

.

- It may also include municipalities bordering Como: Casnate con Bernate

Casnate con Bernate

Casnate con Bernate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, about 30 km north of Milan and about 5 km south of Como...

, Senna Comasco

Senna Comasco

Senna Comasco is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 6 km south of Como...

, Capiago Intimiano

Capiago Intimiano

Capiago is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 6 km southeast of Como...

, Lipomo

Lipomo

, Tavernerio

Tavernerio

Tavernerio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 6 km east of Como...

.

- Some people include in Brianza also these other municipalities of the province of Como: Villa Guardia

Villa Guardia

Villa Guardia is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km northwest of Milan and about 6 km southwest of Como...

, Grandate

Grandate

Grandate is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southwest of Como....

, Montano Lucino

Montano Lucino

Montano Lucino is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about 5 km southwest of Como....

, Cavallasca

Cavallasca

Cavallasca is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 km north of Milan and about 4 km west of Como, on the border with Switzerland...

and Asso

Asso

, Sormano

Sormano

Sormano is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km north of Milan and about 15 km northeast of Como....

, Caglio

Caglio

Caglio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km north of Milan and about 13 km northeast of Como...

, Rezzago

Rezzago

Rezzago is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km north of Milan and about 14 km northeast of Como...

, Lasnigo

Lasnigo

, Magreglio

Magreglio

Magreglio is a small town in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy.-Twin towns: Friedberg, Germany...

, Civenna

Civenna

.

NB: in Italian language low Brianza is named bassa Brianza and high Brianza is named alta Brianza.

History

The area of modern day Brianza was originally settled in the 2nd millennium BC

2nd millennium BC

The 2nd millennium BC marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age.Its first half is dominated by the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and Babylonia. The alphabet develops. Indo-Iranian migration onto the Iranian plateau and onto the Indian subcontinent propagates the use of the chariot...

, or earlier.

Brianza is in the Lombardy

Lombardy

region (the Longobards who arrived around the 570s, after the prehistoric period, the protohistoric-pre-Celtic culture, the Celtic culture and the Roman

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

expansion, gave the current name to Lombardy).

The spread of Christianity into Brianza dates back to the 3rd century, owing much to Saint Ambrose.In Brianza St Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo , also known as Augustine, St. Augustine, St. Austin, St. Augoustinos, Blessed Augustine, or St. Augustine the Blessed, was Bishop of Hippo Regius . He was a Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian who lived in the Roman Africa Province...

,(as documented by the Augustine same in his Confessions ), had domicile at ‘Rus Cassiciacum’ , during the period of its existence after its conversion and just before the baptism at the hands of Bishop Ambrose

Ambrose

Aurelius Ambrosius, better known in English as Saint Ambrose , was a bishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century. He was one of the four original doctors of the Church.-Political career:Ambrose was born into a Roman Christian family between about...

. In the Middle Ages the Cathars, the Humiliati and the pataria religious movement, rose and fell in several towns of the Brianza.The Franciscans flourished in Brianza and remain to the present day. Most of Brianza follows the Ambrosian Rite

Ambrosian Rite

Ambrosian Rite, also called the Milanese Rite, is a Catholic liturgical Western Rite. The rite is named after Saint Ambrose, a bishop of Milan in the fourth century...

of the Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome (Caput Mundi

Caput Mundi

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).

Presently Brianza is part of Lombardy, one of the 20 regions of the Republic of Italy.

Brianza was home to many distinguished figures in poetry, philosophy and history of medicine (e.g. Cesare Cantù

Cesare Cantù

Cesare Cantù was an Italian historian.Cantù was born at Brivio, in Lombardy, and began his career as a teacher....

, Piero Corti

Piero Corti

Piero Corti , was an Italian doctor who chose to work in a hospital in Uganda most of his lifetime.-Childhood between war and illnesses:...

, Luigi Giussani

Luigi Giussani

Monsignor Luigi Giovanni Giussani , Italian Catholic priest, educator, public intellectual and founder of the international Catholic movement Communion and Liberation .-Biography:...

, Giuseppe Parini

Giuseppe Parini

Giuseppe Parini was an Italian Enlightenment satirist and poet of the neoclassic period.-Biography:Parini was born in Bosisio in Brianza, Lombardy...

, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini). Some other notable figures are Alberto da Giussano

Alberto da Giussano

Alberto da Giussano was an Italian legendary Guelph warrior during the wars of the Lombard League against Frederick Barbarossa in the 12th century...

, Aribert, Archbishop of Milan

Aribert, Archbishop of Milan

Aribert was the archbishop of Milan from 1018, a quarrelsome warrior-bishop in an age in which such figures were not uncommon....

(Italian

Italian language

Ariberto da Intimiano

Capiago Intimiano

Capiago is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north of Milan and about 6 km southeast of Como...

), Egidio Brugola, Pope Pius XI

Pope Pius XI

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and Rinaldo Beretta, (author of numerous historical works).

Filippo Turati

Filippo Turati

Filippo Turati was an Italian sociologist, poet and Socialist politician.-Early life:Born in Canzo, province of Como, he graduated in law at the University of Bologna in 1877, and participated in the Scapigliatura movement with the most important artists of the period in Milan, publishing poetry...

, born in Brianza, was the most instrumental intellectual in founding the Italian Socialist Party .

Names

The name "Brianza" most likely derives from the Celtic brig ("hill").

It has also been suggested that the name "Brianza" (Latin: Brigantia) derives from some colonies of the Brigantes, or Brigantii, a Celtic sub-tribe of Alps and Prealps that were Romanized and after the barbarian invasions emigrated leaving places with names associated with them, along the lines of their migration .

According to another tradition, when the Celtic leader Belloveso founded Milan, his chief lieutenant, Brianteo conquered a surrounding geographical area, which was thenceforth named Briantia or Brianza.

Brianteo, Briantea, Briantei, Briantee; Briantina/o, Briantine/i, Brianzuola, Brianzuolo, Brianzuole,Brianzuoli,

and Brianzola, Brianzolo, Brianzole, Brianzoli, are terms for the people of Brianza.

Briantitudine is a name that claims the identity of Brianza with its population and its culture.

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