Bosisio Parini ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Lecco The Province of Lecco ( it, provincia di Lecco; Lecchese: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Lecco. As of 2017, the province had a population of 337,211 on a surface of divided into 85 ''comuni'' (mun ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

region Lombardy, located about north of

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

and about southwest of

Lecco Lecco (, , ; lmo, label= Lecchese, Lècch ) is a city of 48,131 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). ...

, on the shores of the Lake of Pusiano. Bosisio Parini borders the following municipalities:

Annone di Brianza Annone di Brianza (; lmo, Anun, Brianzöö: ) is a commune in the Province of Lecco, Lombardy, Italy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Lecco. The Lago di Annone is located on its borders. Annone di Brianza borders the f ...

Cesana Brianza Cesana Brianza is a ''municipality'' of 2,393 inhabitants in the Province of Lecco in Lombardy, about north of Milan and southwest of Lecco. The territory of Cesana Brianza is located near Lake Pusiano, located on the southern slope of Mount ...

Eupilio Eupilio ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about east of Como. Eupilio borders the following municipalities: Bosisio Parini, Canzo, Cesana ...

, Molteno, Rogeno. The town was the birthplace of the poet

Giuseppe Parini Giuseppe Parini (23 May 1729 – 15 August 1799) was an Italian enlightenment satirist and poet of the neoclassic period. Biography Parini (originally spelled Parino) was born in Bosisio (later renamed Bosisio Parini in his honour) in Brianza ...

, after whom it was later named. The lakefront is titled to the sports journalist Gianni Brera, died in 1992.

People

(1729 – 1799),

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Lecco-geo-stub