Maccagno was a ''

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 ...

'' (municipality) of 2,000 inhabitants located in the

province of Varese The province of Varese ( it, provincia di Varese) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese (population of 80,857 inhabitants), but its largest city is Busto Arsizio. The head ...

in the

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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 in the Val Veddasca about 70 km northwest of

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and about 25 km northwest of

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

. On 1 January 2014 the municipalities of Maccagno,

Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore is a former municipality of Italy, now ''frazione'' of the municipality of Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca in the Province of Varese. It held the status of comune until 2014 when it was merged with Maccagno and V ...

and

Veddasca Veddasca was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about north of Varese in the Val Veddasca, on the border with Switzerland. In 2014 it merges with Maccagno ...

merged into the municipality of

Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca Maccagno con Pino e Veddasca (Lombard language, Lombard: ''Maccàgn cun Pin e Vedàsca'') is a ''comune'' in the province of Varese, in Lombardy, Italy, that was formed on 25 May 2014 from fusion of the communes of Maccagno, Pino sulla Sponda del L ...

History

The Southern part of the Town became an imperial Fief by Emperor Otto during the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

. In 1622 Giacomo III Mandelli - count of Southern Maccagno - got from the emperor Ferdinand II of Habsburg the privilege to mint coins in its fief.

Geography

Maccagno is located by the lake shore of the Lake Maggiore, on the east side. Not far from the town center there is a cliff that is used for rock climbing activities. The cliff is called "Il Cinzanino" and it is managed by the

Club Alpino Italiano The Club Alpino Italiano is the senior Italian alpine club which stages climbing competitions, operates alpine huts, marks and maintains paths, and is active in protecting the Alpine environment. It was founded in Turin in 1863 by the then finan ...

, departement of Luino.

References

Bibliography

* Luca Gianazza, ''La zecca di Maccagno Inferiore e le sue monete'', Libraio Alberti Editore, Verbania-Intra, 2003, ISBN 978-88-72451-21-2.

External links

Official website
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