Vertemate con Minoprio
Encyclopedia
Vertemate con Minoprio is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Como
in the Italian
region Lombardy
, located about 30 km north of Milan
and about 9 km south of Como
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the 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...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region 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...
, located about 30 km north of 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 about 9 km south of Como
Como
Como is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy.It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como....
.
Main sights
- Abbey of San Giovanni a Vertemate, consecrated in 1096. The RomanesqueRomanesque architectureRomanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
church, with a nave and two aisles, is home to traces of frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries. - Castle
- Villa Raimondi
Notable residents
- Simone TomassiniSimone TomassiniSimone Tomassini is an Italian singer-songwriter who has toured widely in Italy and appeared at the Sanremo Music Festival.-Biography:...
, Italian singer-songwriter was born in Vertemate con Minoprio in 1974.