Seveso
Seveso
Séves (Lombard) | |
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Città di Seveso | |
Coordinates: 45°38′N 9°8′E / 45.633°N 9.133°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Lombardy |
Province | Monza and Brianza (MB) |
Frazioni | Baruccana, Altopiano and san pietro martire |
Government | |
• Mayor | alessia borroni |
Area UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 20822 |
Dialing code | 0362 |
Website | Official website |
Seveso (Italian pronunciation:
Its name comes from the
Seveso received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on 18 June 2003.
Geography
The town is situated 21 kilometres (13 mi) to the north of Milan in the Brianza lowlands. The territory of the commume is highly urbanised, with the majority of inhabitants living in the town.
Seveso lies on the national trunk road Statale dei Giovi, which connects Milan to Como and on the Milan-Meda motorway. Seveso railway station is located on the Milan–Asso railway, while Seveso-Baruccana railway station is located on the Saronno–Seregno railway.
Neighbouring communes are Meda, Seregno, Barlassina, Cogliate, Cesano Maderno.
History
Seveso's origins date back to about the 3rd century BC, when certain areas around Brianza were used as military staging posts for the Roman conquest of Gaul. Towards 780, the monastery at Meda was founded, the jurisdiction of which extended to the territory of Seveso.
In 1252 the church of
The town was struck in the 16th century by two episodes of famine and plague. During the 17th century, the town was ruled by several families, of which the Arese family left a number of outstanding monuments.
In 1798, Prince Giuseppe II of the
Chemical disaster
Seveso made world headlines when, on 10 July 1976, storage vessels at the ICMESA chemical plant ruptured, releasing several kilograms of the
In popular culture
The track "Suffocation", in the 1980 album See You Later by Greek composer Vangelis, was inspired by the Seveso disaster. Another song, "Canzone per Seveso", in the 1976 album Ullàlla by Antonello Venditti, was written for Seveso.
Notable people
- Walter Allievi, footballer
- Giovannangelo Porro, Roman Catholic priest and hermit
See also
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Italian)