Legnano

Legnano is an Italian toun an comune wi 59.147 indwallers in the north-wastmaist pairt o Province o Milan, aboot 20 km (12 mi) frae Dountoun Milan.

Legnano
Comune
Comune di Legnano
Church of San Magno.
Coat airms
Legnano Location o Legnano in Italy
Coordinates: 45°36′N 08°55′E
Kintra	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Milan (MI)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Alberto Centinaio (PD)
Area
• Total	17 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation	199 m (653 ft)
Population  (31 March 2009)
• Total	58,013
• Density	3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Legnanesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	20025
Diallin code	0331
Patron saunt	St. Magnus
Saunt day	November 5
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Thanks tae the historic Battle o Legnano, Legnano is the anerly toun, in addeetion tae Roum, namit in the Italian naitional anthem. Ivery year Legnanesi remember this battle wi the Palio delle contrade.^{[citation needit]}

The toun is servit bi Legnano railwey station.^{[citation needit]}

Territory

Legnano is situatit alang the river Olona. The grund is mainly componit o pebbles, gravel, saund an clay. It wis ance covered bi a thin layer o humus, unsuitable for the gowin o firths, sae it wis maistly heathland.

History

The maist auncient proofs a dounset in Legnano dates tae pre-historic times, tae the sae-cried Remedello cultur (21st-19t centuries BC). Later it wis a Celtic centre, conquered bi the Romans in the 1st century BC.^{[citation needit]}

In the Middle Ages, Legnano wis the location o the battle in which Emperor Frederick I wis defeatit bi the Lombard League (1176).^{[citation needit]}

Frae 1820 tae 1915, wi the introduction o numerous textile an mechanical companies, the toun grew frae an agricultural tae an industrial centre. Maist o the textile industries closed in the 1960s: the day the services sector is the maist thrivin ane.^{[citation needit]}

Main sichts

• The Basilica o San Magno (early 16t century), designed bi Giovanni Antonio Amadeo or ane o his follaeers. The interior, on the Greek cross plan, contains an altar bi Bernardino Luini which it is said tae hae been begun bi Bramante or, mair likely, bi Amadeo or Antonio da Lonate.
• Kirk o Sant'Ambrogio, kent frae 1389. It wis rebuilt in the 17t century.
• Castle, enlairgit bi the Torriani re-uisin a umwhile convent. Later it wis awned bi the Lampugnani faimily.
• The monument tae Alberto da Giussano in the Piazza Monumento (1900).

Famous fowk

• Gianfranco Ferré, fashion designer.
• Antonella Clerici, telly host an jurnalist.

Sports

Club	Sport	Foondit	League
A.C. Legnano	Fitbaa	1913	Serie C1/A
Legnano Basket Knights	Basketbaa	1966	Serie B2
Frogs Legnano	American fitbaa	1977	Serie A
Atletica Legnano	Track an field	?	FIDAL
Baseball Softball Club Legnano	Basebaa an Softbaa	1950	Serie A1 (softbaa); Serie C1 (basebaa)

Cultur

Thegither wi Roum, Legnano is the anerly ither ceety mentioned in the Italian naitional anthem bi Goffredo Mameli.^{[citation needit]}

"Legnano" is a famous buist o lichtwicht racin bicycles, namit for the ceety in which thay wur producit. Notably, celebratit racers Gino Bartali an Fausto Coppi rode Legnano bicycles.

The fashion hoose Dolce & Gabbana haes its admeenistrative offices in Legnano.

Twin touns

• Aprica, Italy

Freemit airtins

• Comune di Legnano Archived 2021-10-21 at the Wayback Machine