Muggiò (, ; Milanese: Mugg) is a
city
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(municipality) in the
Province of Monza and Brianza
The province of Monza and Brianza ( it, provincia di Monza e della Brianza; lmo, label= Monzese, provincia de Monscia e de la Brianza) is an administrative province of Lombardy region, Italy.
Description
It was officially created by splitting ...
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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. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on September 27, 1992.
Muggiò borders the following municipalities:
Lissone
Lissone (Brianzolo: Lisson) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Italy. Lissone is from Milan.
Lissone is bounded by the municipality of Vedano al Lambro, Monza, Muggiò, Desio, Seregno, Albiate, Sovico, Ma ...
,
Desio
Desio ( lmo, label= Brianzoeu, Des) is a town and in the Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy.
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, Desio rece ...
,
Monza
Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...
,
Nova Milanese
Nova Milanese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree. Nova Milanese borders the followin ...
,
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 municipalities: ...
.
Main sights
Villa Casati Stampa di Soncino
Villa Casati Stampa, now the town hall of Muggiò, is a
neoclassical building
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designed in 1798 by Austrian architect
Leopold Pollack
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Career
In Vienna, Pollack was trained by Paul Ulrich Trientl be ...
. 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
''Lissone-Muggiò'' is a railway station in Italy. Located on the Milan–Chiasso railway, it serves the towns of Lissone and Muggiò.
Services
Lissone-Muggiò is served by lines Line S9 (Milan suburban railway service), S9 and Line S11 (Milan sub ...
.
References
External links
Official website
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