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Biassono

C rossed by the Lambro River, Biassono is one of the main access points to Monza Park. In particular, on the second Sunday in September, thousands of racing fans pass through here to watch the…
Biassono

Carate Brianza

O ne of the most extraordinary Romanesque basilicas in Lombardy is located in Carate Brianza, in the heart of the Lambro Valley. The historic centre is home to the parish church, which houses…
Villa Cusani Confalonieri, Carate Brianza

Cesano Maderno

T he fortunes of Cesano Maderno are inextricably linked to those of the Arese family, who built the beautiful Palazzo Arese Borromeo in the mid-seventeenth century, surrounded by a large park. But…
Cesano Maderno

Cornate d'Adda

T he name Cornate d'Adda, the main town in the Monza stretch of the Adda River, appeared for the first time in the Lombard era, mentioned in the Historia Langobardorum by the historian Paolo Diacono…
Cornate d'Adda, Centrale idroelettrica Esterle

Meda

M eda is - with Lissone - the design capital of the Monza area of Brianza. Its heart beats in Piazza Vittorio Veneto , which is home to two authentic treasures: the 16th-century oratory of San…
Meda

Vedano al Lambro

D id you know that some scenes from the film “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis” were shot in the garden and interiors of Villa Litta Bolognini Modigliani in Vedano al Lambro? For film buffs, this…
Vedano al Lambro, Il Giardino dei Finzi Contini

Vimercate

T he name itself tells us: Vimercate, from the Latin Vicus Mercatiwas home to a large market in the Middle Ages, but the city’s origins date back to Roman times. Today two souls live together in…
Vimercate

Huts at Alpe Mara - Alpe Cavallina

GUGIATTI - SERTORELLI HUT The Gugiatti-Sertorelli refuge (2138 m a.s.l.) is an old renovated hut located in the wide pastures of the Alpe Cavallina (in the highest part of the Davaglione valley), at…

Val Cervia

Val Cervia is one of the least known valleys of the Orobic Alps, but it is definitely worth a visit. Back in 1884 the Guide to Valtellina issued by the Italian Alpine Club described the mule track…

Geology and mineral resources

In the early phases of the Cretaceous age, about 130 million years ago, the Tethys ocean began to disappear and the collision of two continents (Paleo-Europe and Paleo-Africa), in a continuous and…

The ancient "Giovello"

The green stones of Valmalenco, which have been extracted and worked for centuries, were and still are an important part of the social, cultural and economical life of this area rooted in a centuries…

Tower of Castionetto

The Tower of Castionetto in Castionetto di Chiuro belonged to the Quadrio family and dates back to an age between Twelfth and Fifteent century.  The tower was built in a dominant position and served…