Cassago Brianza (
Brianzöö: ) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Lecco
The Province of Lecco ( it, provincia di Lecco; Lecchese: ) is a Provinces of Italy, 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 ...
in the
Italian
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region
Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
, located about northeast of
Milan
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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''). ...
. Part of the
Brianza
Brianza (, , lmo, label=Brianzöö dialect, Briànsa) is a geographical, historical and cultural area of Italy, at the foot of the Alps, in the northwest of Lombardy, between Milan and Lake Como.
Geography
Brianza extends from th ...
traditional region, it was formed in 1927 by the merger of the previous ''comuni'' of Cassago and Oriano Brianza.
Cassago Brianza borders the following municipalities:
Barzanò
Barzanò ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Lecco.
Barzanò borders the following municipalities: Barzago, Cassago Bria ...
,
Bulciago
Bulciago ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Lecco. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,811 and an area of ...
,
Cremella
Cremella ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Lecco.
Cremella borders the following municipalities: Barzago, Barzanò, B ...
,
Monticello Brianza
Monticello Brianza ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located in Brianza about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Lecco
Lecco (, , ; lmo, label= Lecchese, Lècch ) ...
,
Nibionno
Nibionno (locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southwest of Lecco.
Nibionno borders the following municipalities: Bulciago, Cassago Brianza, C ...
,
Renate,
Veduggio con Colzano
Veduggio con Colzano (Milanese: Vedugg) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, ca ...
.
It is considered the place ("Rus Cassiciacum") where
Saint Augustine
Augustine of Hippo ( , ; la, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Af ...
spent the fall and winter before he was baptised.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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