San Siro (

Comasco Comasco (), anglicized as Comasque, is a dialect belonging to the Western branch of Lombard language, spoken in the city and suburbs of Como. Comasco is part of the Comasco-Lecchese dialect group. History The Comasco dialect evolved as a co ...

: ) is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Como The province of Como (; Comasco dialect, Comasco: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It borders the Switzerland, Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grisons, Grigioni to the north, the Italian provinces of Province of ...

in the

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region

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, located on the west shore of

Lake Como Lake Como ( , ) also known as Lario, is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of , making it the third-largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore. At over deep, it is one of the deepest lakes in Europe. ...

immediately north of

Menaggio Menaggio ( ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Como, Lombardy, northern Italy, located on the western shore of Lake Como at the mouth of the river Senagra. Menaggio has three ''frazioni'' (parishes): Croce, Loveno and Nobiallo. History ...

and south of Cremia. The ''comune'' was formed on March 30, 2003, by the fusion of the former ''comuni'' of

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and Santa Maria Rezzonico.

Geography

The comune of San Siro incorporates the ''

frazioni A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'' (municipal fractions) of Acquaseria, Camnasco, Carcente, Gallio, La Torre, Lancio Lucena, Marena, Mastena, Maso, Molvedo, Noledo, Pezzo, Rezzonico, Roncate, Santa Maria, San Martino, Soriano and Trecciano. San Siro borders the following municipalities: Cremia, Menaggio, Plesio; and, on the other side of the lake in the

Province of Lecco The province of 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 85 ''comuni'' (: ''com ...

Bellano Orrido di Bellano. Bellano (Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and historic small town on the eastern shore of Lake Como in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located at northern outlet of the Valsassina. Geography Bell ...

Dervio Dervio (Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located on the eastern shore of Lake Como, about north of Milan and about northwest of Lecco. It is located on a peninsula with sa ...

and

Perledo Perledo ( Comasco, Lecchese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northwest of Lecco Lecco (, , ; ) is a city of approximately 47,000 inhabitants ...

Etymology

The etymology of Rezzonico has different hypotheses. One theory suggests that it derives from the Rhaetic people, an Alpine tribe from

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and the area which today comprises

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and

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; another that the term derived from an

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general, Rhaeto, who supposedly lived around the area; and ultimately, that the name may derive from ''risculada'', a term local to the town which describes its type of cobblestone paving.Index
servizi-aggiuntivi

History

The origins of the settlement of Rezzonico are also debated. It may have been founded by the ''

Orobii The Orobii (also Orobi, Oromobi or Orumbovii) were a Celto-Ligurian tribe dwelling around present-day Como and Bergamo during the Iron Age. Name They are mentioned as ''Orobii'' by Cato the Elder (early 2nd century BC). The ethnic name ''Orob ...

'', a

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tribe which was settled in the areas around

Como Como (, ; , or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Nestled at the southwestern branch of the picturesque Lake Como, the city is a renowned tourist destination, ce ...

Lecco Lecco (, , ; ) is a city of approximately 47,000 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''). The Bergamasqu ...

and

Bergamo Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...

, between the River Ticino and

Oglio The Oglio (; or ; , ) is a left-side tributary of the river Po in Lombardy, Italy. It is long. In the hierarchy of the Po's tributaries, with its of length, it occupies the 2nd place per length (after the river Adda), while it is the 4th pe ...

; there may have been an Etruscan origin of the settlement too; or it may have been founded by other

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tribes, possibly even the ''

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''. All these hypotheses are possible due to traces of each of these peoples having been found in the nearby areas. What is certain is the existence of a

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settlement in the area, as testified by

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himself. There are other pieces of evidence in regards to the settlement's Roman period; such include two tablets inscribed in

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(which are now held in

and

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

) and the remnants of a wall which dates to this era. Sights include the Rezzonico Castle, the 15th century church of Santa Maria and the Villa Gaeta, designed in 1920 by the studio of

Gino Coppedè Luigi "Gino" Coppedè (26 September 1866 – 20 September 1927) was an Italian architect, sculptor and decorator. He was an exponent of Art Nouveau. Biography Coppedè was born in Florence, a son of Mariano Coppedè and brother of Adolfo Copp ...

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