Muggiò (, ; Milanese: Mugg) is a
city
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(municipality) in the
Province of Monza and Brianza
The province of Monza and Brianza (; ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Description
It was officially created by splitting the north-eastern part from the province of Milan on 12 May 2004, and became executive ...
in the
Italian
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region
Lombardy
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, located about northeast of
Milan
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. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on September 27, 1992.
Muggiò borders the following municipalities:
Lissone,
Desio
Desio () is a (municipality) in the province of Monza and Brianza, in the Italian region of Lombardy.
History
In 1277 it was the location of the battle between the Visconti and della Torre families for the rule of Milan. On 24 February 1924, ...
,
Monza
Monza (, ; ; , locally ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the Lambro, River Lambro, a tributary of the Po (river), River Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the province of Mo ...
,
Nova Milanese,
Cinisello Balsamo
Cinisello Balsamo (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of about 75,200 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in the Italian region of Lombardy, about northeast of Milan city center.
Cinisello Balsamo borders the following municipalitie ...
.
History
Name
It is believed that the original name of the city of Muggiò might derive from the Latin adjective "metulatus", from "metula", in turn a diminutive of the Latin word "meta", meaning height or mound, indicating its undulating conformation. The diverse etymology that the city has acquired through the centuries is known from the reading of ancient writings. Ameglao is the first inhabited place to emerge where Muggiò stands today.
Main sights
Villa Casati Stampa di Soncino
Villa Casati Stampa, now the town hall of Muggiò, is a
neoclassical building designed in 1798 by Austrian architect
Leopold Pollack. The residence was built on a pre-existing 16th century structure. The villa was surrounded by a park of more than twenty thousand square metres of surface (nearly five
acre
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s), designed as an
English garden
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. Today, the park has been transformed and laid out as a sports ground.
Mausoleum of Casati Stampa di Soncino
The Mausoleum of Casati Stampa Soncino is a commemorative monument in the urban cemetery of Muggiò, built in 1830.
Transport
Muggiò is served by
Lissone-Muggiò railway station.
References
External links
Official website
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