Moncucco
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Moncucco was an autonomous Italian municipality until March 30, 1871, when due to a royal decree it became a hamlet of the town of Brugherio, established in 1866.[1] The actual village is located south of Brugherio, along the road that leads from Milan to Vimercate.
History
Origins
Etymology
The origin of the name Moncucco is discordant. For some, it is a French loan word mon cucco, meaning "my cuckoo";[2] others hold, including Cesare Cantù, it is a term derived from the name of various countries and French farmhouses called Moncuc.[3]
Ancient period and Middle Ages
The oldest evidence of the existence of Moncucco derives from two Roman inscriptions in the town of Malnido,[4] (part of Moncucco between 1769 and 1871). This confirms the Roman origin of the ancient town (as well as Brugherio).[3]
The Moncucco' centre was a small hill, where a castle was built in the
Coat of arms
At number 107 of street Viale Lombardia in Moncucco, where the seat of the town hall is located, the coat of arms of the hamlet can still be appreciated, made of carved stone and placed where the front door of the building once stood.[3] It depicts a rampant bull in its upper left, a symbol of the "indomitable peasants' souls" and the work of local livestock; and an open door in the form of an arc, symbol of the "generosity of the nobles" in its upper right. At the center of the escutcheon, a white field is depicted, representing the heath.[2][3]
Between sixteenth and eighteenth century
From census data dating from 1530, Moncucco possessed an important
There is evidence for the existence of consuls in Brugherio dating back to 1578. They are likely to have existed even for the bigger town of Moncucco. That same year Saint Charles Borromeo, archbishop of Milan, began a decentralization plan for the powers of the archpriest of Monza, establishing new parishes: the only parish present in the cities and countryside surrounding Monza was at the time the parish of Saint John, which officiated the sacrament of baptism. The first church that the archbishop turned into a parish was the one of Saint Bartholomew on June 15, 1578, when he was in Brugherio after visiting Monza. In the report of a visit of Cardinal Federico Borromeo found at the latter church, the parish of Saint Bartholomew also incorporated Moncucco, which at that time counted fifty inhabitants. The population, which in the second half of the sixteenth century had grown despite the plague of 1576–77, saw a remarkable arrest due to the return of the plague during the first half of the seventeenth century. In 1648, the manor of Monza was sold by Antonio and Girolamo de Leyva[9] to Giambattista Durini and his brothers. The Durini kept the feud of Monza until 1781, when they gave up ownership because it was too expensive to maintain.[1]
The crisis caused by the
In 1769 the Government established the aggregation of many small towns under Moncucco for the Census, even if against the advice of people such as San Cristoforo, Moglia, Dorderio, Guzzina, Pobbia, Malnido[13] and Bettolino Freddo. In the middle of the eighteenth century the population of all these small towns was 236 people, 117 of which resided in Moncucco. The small number was due to the area's agricultural character: agriculture in fact always remained the main activity of Moncucco, which had neither business nor merchants mills. The old law of 1470, set by Galeazzo Sforza, established a maximum number of mulberry trees for every one hundred perches: sericulture and silk production were still flourishing during the Austrian government.[1]
Trivia
From Villa Sormani's park in Moncucco on 13 March 1784, Count Paolo Andreani made a famous ascension with a balloon, the first instance of human flight in Italy.[1]
The nineteenth century
During its French domination (1796–1814), the division of the territory was organised into departments, districts and
From municipality to hamlet
The decision for the unification of Brugherio's territory was based on administrative and financial reasons, such as tax differences and territorial fragmentation. Moncucco, which was split in 1856, was described by the Buildings Census as "divided in small groups of farms...without a real country".
Subsequently, the Edict of March 30, 1871 of the Census Board, established the incorporation of Moncucco (excluding Malnido) and San Damiano, which had remained autonomous until then. On March 30 that same year, with Decree number 84912, Sant'Alessandro was removed from the town and joined with Moncucco, together with Occhiate's territory; Malnido Bettolino Freddo went under the municipality of Cologno Monzese.[1]
The twentieth century: industrialization
Throughout the late nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century, Brugherio (and with it the hamlet of Moncucco) remained tied to agriculture, while in Milan
When they began the bombing of Milan, between 1942 and 1943, the company's main factory was moved to Brugherio, after the purchase of
Historical places
Villa Sormani
Built in the eighteenth century in an ancient castle, it is an example of a "villa of delights", a type of country residence which proved popular to the north-east of Milan in the first decades of the eighteenth century. It is an example of
Saint Lucius Church
The church was founded in the sixteenth century as a chapel dedicated to Saint
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Tribuzio Zotti, Luciana (1986). Brugherio nei documenti (in Italian). Brugherio: Musicografica Lombarda.
- ^ a b c d e Mancini, Manuela (1996). Brugherio: presente e passato (in Italian). Milano: Swan.
- ^ a b c d e Brugherio: 2000 anni di storia (in Italian). Brugherio. 1966.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Today S. Maurizio al Lambro, hamlet of Cologno Monzese
- ^ On the ruins of which, in 700 AD, Villa Sormani was built
- ^ Perhaps during the late eleventh century
- ^ Moncucco, San Damiano and Cassina Baraggia
- ^ Fuochi stands for families
- ^ de Leyva's family held the fief of Monza at least since 1541, when Louis de Leyva was Count
- ^ Considered all part of the Court of Monza, but distinct and separate towns, united simply because the Land Registry was made only once
- ^ "Archivio di Stato di Milano. Moncucco. Comune censuario" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ The members met twice a year to approve the budget and final accounts of the community, controlled the distribution of taxes, decided on costs and also elected the Deputation, consisting of three representatives of the largest most esteemed and other two people: a paying personal taxes and a merchant or a craftsman
- ^ First under Monza's supervision
- ^ "Archivio di Stato di Milano. Moncucco di Monza ed Uniti. Comune censuario" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ a b Brugherio: i suoi luoghi, la sua storia (in Italian). Brugherio: Litostampa. 2009.
Bibliography
- Tribuzio Zotti, Luciana (1986). Brugherio nei documenti (in Italian). Brugherio: Musicografica Lombarda.
- Mancini, Manuela (1996). Brugherio: presente e passato (in Italian). Milano: Swan.
- Brugherio: 2000 anni di storia (in Italian). Brugherio. 1966.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Brugherio: i suoi luoghi, la sua storia (in Italian). Brugherio: Litostampa. 2009.
External links
- "Archivio di Stato di Milano. Moncucco. Comune censuario" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- "Archivio di Stato di Milano. Moncucco di Monza ed Uniti. Comune censuario" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.