Mariano Comense ( Brianzöö: ) is a town and ''

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 ...

'' in the

province of Como The Province of Como ( it, Provincia di Como; german: Provinz Como; Comasco: ) 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 Le ...

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 ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. It has c. 23,600 inhabitants and is one of the most important cities 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 ...

. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on February 29, 1996. It is served by

Mariano Comense railway station Mariano Comense railway station is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Milan–Asso railway, it serves the town of Mariano Comense. Services Mariano Comense is terminus of the line S2 of the Milan suburban railway network, and served as wel ...

Main sights

*Church of Santo Stefano, of medieval origins but rebuilt in 1583 *Baptistery of San Giovanni Battista, in Romanesque style. *Sanctuary of San Rocco

References

Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Como-geo-stub