Angera

Angera
Comune
Città di Angera
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Angera
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	21021
Dialing code	0331
Patron saint	Santa Maria Assunta
Saint day	15 August
Official website

Angera (Italian:

History

The earliest known inhabitants of the area were hunter-gatherers who made use of the cave known as the Wolf's Den (Tana del Lupo), at the foot of the cliffs. By the Roman era, Angera (then known as Statio, a place for changing horses) was an important lakeside port on a trading route, but by the fourth century it was in decline, and in 411 was destroyed, along with

In 1776, the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta first discovered methane in the marshlands of Angera while on his summer holidays. He succeeded in isolating the gas, which he called inflammable air from marshlands, in 1778. It was what we nowadays call methane.^[4]

Main buildings

One of the main buildings in the town is the

Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457–1526), the historian of Spain, was born in Angera,^[6] as was Cristoforo Solari, called il Gobbo (c.1460–1527), sculptor and architect. Teresa Ciceri Castiglioni (1750–1821) the inventor and agronomist was born here. The Italian footballer Francesco Russo also comes from here.

Twin towns

• Viviers, France

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