Vaprio d'Adda
Vaprio d'Adda | |
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Comune di Vaprio d'Adda | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 20069 |
Dialing code | 02 |
Website | Official website |
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Vaprio d'Adda (
Bergamasque: Aer; locally Vavar) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Milan
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Vaprio d'Adda borders the following municipalities: Trezzo sull'Adda, Capriate San Gervasio, Grezzago, Canonica d'Adda, Pozzo d'Adda, Cassano d'Adda, Fara Gera d'Adda.
History
In 1799, Austrian and Russian troops under the guidance of Russian
Great French War
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Main sights
- San Bernardino, ruins of Romanesque church
- San Colombano; 12th-century Romanesque church
- Villa Melzi, where Leonardo da Vinci resided for a while when studying channelling of waters in the Milanese area. It includes a fresco of Madonna with Child attributed to him or his school.[citation needed]
- Villa Castelbarco: private 18th century villa and gardens
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- Istat.
External links