Castiglione Olona
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| Comune di Castiglione Olona | |
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| Postal code | 21043 |
| Dialing code | 0331 |
| Website | Official website |
Castiglione Olona is a town and comune in the province of Varese, in Lombardy. As of 31 December 2015, it has a population of 7,753 inhabitants.[3]
History
The town of Castiglione Olona rose around the fifth century CE under the
Masolino.[4]
In the town, the 15th and 16th century palace of cardinal Branda now serves as a museum, still contains a chapel and a number of frescoed walls, some attributed to Sienese painter
Vecchietta.[5]
Twin towns — sister cities
Castiglione Olona is
twinned
with:
Étupes, France
Sport
- The Varesina stadium complex and Stadio Comunale di Venegono is home to Varesina Sport CV SSD football team.
- The Moto Club Castiglione Olona organised motorcycle speedway and the track on Via Asiago. It hosted important events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1976 and 1980[6] and a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship in 1978.[7]
The site of the former track is the Varesina Sports Center, which today has two synthetic football pitches and a smaller covered indoor pitch.
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ ISTAT Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Popolazione Castiglione Olona (2001-2020) Grafici su dati ISTAT".
- ^ "Città di Castiglione Olona". Archived from the original on 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
- ^ Lombardia Beni Culturali, entry on the palace.
- ^ "Speedway World Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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