Cascina Increa
| Cascina Increa | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Farmhouse |
| Location | Brugherio |
| Address | Via Increa, 62–76 |
| Country | Italy |
| Inaugurated | twentieth century |
| Height | |
| Architectural | Renaissance architecture |
| Roof | 2 |
Coordinates: 45°32′27.5″N 9°18′44.4″E / 45.540972°N 9.312333°E
Cascina Increa is one of the farmhouses of Brugherio, located on the southeastern border of the municipality. It enjoys the protection of the Soprintendenze per i Beni Architettonici e Paesaggistici i.e., the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (MiBACT) of its respective province because of its surviving Renaissance architecture.
The farm was part of the municipality of Cernusco Asinario (now Cernusco sul Naviglio) and it belonged to the Church of Gorgonzola. It takes its name from the term "clay" in reference to the nature of the terrain of an old brick kiln in the area. It was annexed to the parish of Saint Bartholomew of Brugherio in 1578. With the decree of 30 March 1871, the area was annexed to the City of Brugherio, that had been established by royal decree on 9 December 1866. In 1650 the counts of Litta built the farm as it stands today. According to documents of the Teresian land registry of 1721, the territory of the farm was under the Municipality of Cernusco sul Naviglio and 90% of it belonged to the noble Valentino Conti, while the villa was Count Zumenzù's. At the end of the nineteenth century the farm passed first to the noble , then to the Tizzoni family and finally to the Robbiani family.
The Chronicles of the pastoral visit of Saint Charles Borromeo in 1578 show that the inhabitants of the farm totalled 27 and the parish had 1,000 inhabitants. At the end of the eighteenth century the inhabitants, who lived in cottages around the house of the owners, had increased to 144 and 1,300 perches of land were laboured with cereals and vines. The land was used for quarrying aggregates and sand in the twentieth century. In 1987 the City Council of Brugherio, thanks to regional fundraising, bought the complex and former quarry (Cava Increa – now Increa Park). The farm's living quarters were sold to families already living there. The barns, under the protection of Belle Arti, have been restored and are home to eleven apartments. The stables have been transformed into garages.
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