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Sant'Erasmo Hospice
Sant'Erasmo Hospice is a hospice in Legnano. The original hospice, which was built between the 13th and 14th centuries, was demolished in 1926. It was replaced in 1927 by a modern building with the same function and name.. It stands next to the church of the same name and is the oldest charitable institution in Legnano.. History Origins In the same place where the Sant'Erasmo Hospice was founded in the Middle Ages there probably existed a very ancient building. In fact, the earliest traces of human presence in this place are linked to a 3rd-century B.C. tomb found by Guido Sutermeister, which dates back to the period of the Roman conquest of the Po Valley. In Roman times Legnano was connected to neighboring areas by important communication routes, the most important of which was a Roman roads, Roman road built in the 1st century that ran along the Olona, Olona River at the modern Corso Sempione and connected Mediolanum, ancient Milan to Lake Maggiore, Verbano, the Via Medio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legnano
Legnano (; or ''Lignàn'') is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan, province of Milan, about from central Milan. With 60,259, it is the thirteenth-most populous township in Lombardy. Legnano is located in the Alto Milanese and is crossed by the Olona River. The history of Legnano and its municipal area has been traced back to the 1st millennium BC via archaeological evidence. Already in remote times, in fact, the hills that line the Olona had proved to be habitable places. The town was established in 1261. Because of the historic Battle of Legnano, victory of the Lombard League over Frederick Barbarossa at Legnano, it is the only town other than Rome named in the Il Canto degli Italiani, Italian national anthem ("[...] ''Dall'Alpi a Sicilia dovunque è Legnano'' [...]", en. "From the Alps to Sicily, Legnano is everywhere"). Every year the people of Legnano commemorate the battle with Palio di Legnano. In the institutional sphere, on 29 May, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
