Abbiategrasso

Abbiategrasso Biegrass (Lombard)
Comune
Comune di Abbiategrasso
Visconti Castle.
Coat of arms
Abbiategrasso within the Province of Milan
Location of Abbiategrasso
Saint Rose of Lima
Saint day	23 August
Website	Official website

Abbiategrasso, formerly written Abbiate Grasso

The town dates from Roman times. Its name indicates that it was part of a territory known as "'the fertile valley": a document of 1304 referring to the Habiate qui dicitur Grasso, a title that gradually transformed into Abbiategrasso.

Abbiategrasso received the honorary title of city with a royal decree of 31 March 1932.

Main sights

• The Visconti Castle (Italian: Castello Visconteo), built in 1382 by Gian Galeazzo Visconti above a pre-existing 13th-century fortification. It was enlarged and decorated by Filippo Maria Visconti after 1438. It has a quadrangular plan with angular towers, and the interior has Renaissance frescoes and graffiti. The central court has a portico.
• Basilica church of Santa Maria Nuova, built in 1388 to celebrate the birth of Gian Galeazzo Visconti's son. It is preceded by a Renaissance portico and as an unfinished façade (1497), whose pronaos is attributed to Donato Bramante.
• Baroque church of San Bernardino (17th century)
• 15th century Casa Albini

Twin towns

Abbiategrasso is

• Ellwangen, Germany
• Langres, France

People

• Christian Abbiati, footballer
• Gianni Giudici, racing driver
• Franco Moschino, fashion designer
• Giuseppina Tuissi, partisan during World War II
• Marco Villa, road and track cyclist

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abbiategrasso.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Abbiategrasso.

• Official website (in Italian)

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