Vaprio d'Adda (

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. Vaprio d'Adda borders the following municipalities:

Trezzo sull'Adda Trezzo sull'Adda ( Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan on the Adda River. The Naviglio Martesana canal starts from the Adda in Trezzo's ter ...

Capriate San Gervasio Capriate San Gervasio (Bergamasque: ; Milanese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. , its population was 8,216. The municipality is located about from Milan. History About two thousand years ago, t ...

Grezzago Grezzago ( lmo, Gresciagh or , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,414 and an area of .All demographic ...

Canonica d'Adda Canonica d'Adda (Bergamasque: ; Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Bergamo. It lies on the left bank of the river ...

Pozzo d'Adda Pozzo d'Adda ( lmo, Pozz , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,903 and an area of .All demographics and other ...

Cassano d'Adda Cassano d'Adda (Milanese: ; Bergamasque: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, located on the right side of the Adda River. It is on the border of the Metropolitan City of Milan and the province of Bergamo ...

Fara Gera d'Adda Fara Gera d'Adda is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italy, Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Bergamo. Fara Gera d'Adda borders the following municipalities: Canonic ...

Main sights

*''San Bernardino'', ruins of Romanesque church *''San Colombano''; 12th-century Romanesque church *'' Villa Melzi'', where

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resided for a while when studying channelling of waters in the Milanese area. It includes a fresco of ''Madonna with Child'' attributed to him or his school. *'' Villa Castelbarco: private 18th century villa and gardens

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Milan-geo-stub