Gorgonzola, Milan
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| Città di Gorgonzola | ||
Night view of the Naviglio Martesana canal in Gorgonzola.
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| Coordinates: 45°32′N 9°24′E / 45.533°N 9.400°ECoordinates: 45°32′N 9°24′E / 45.533°N 9.400°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Lombardy | |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Milan (MI) | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Angelo Stucchi | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 10.69 km2 (4.13 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 133 m (436 ft) | |
| Population (30 November 2011) | ||
| • Total | 19,666 | |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Gorgonzolesi | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 20064 | |
| Dialing code | 02 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Gorgonzola (Gurgunzöla in Milanese dialect) is an Italian town of 20,042 inhabitants [1] of the metropolitan city of Milan, in Lombardy. It is part of the territory of the Martesana, north-east of Milan.
The town gives its name to the famous cheese Gorgonzola.
The first written record mentioning the village of Gorgonzola back to the tenth century: it seems that the notary clerk of the convent of Saint Ambrose in Milan was the caretaker of the church of Saints Gervasio and Protasio in "Gorgontiola".
In 453 the church is located where the current Gorgonzola was attacked by the Huns who destroyed the nearby Roman town of Argentia making the small village, formed earlier by one "mutatio" (station for changing horses), became the most densely populated of the surrounding territories.
In the thirteenth century it belonged direct Milanese family of Della Torre before being ousted by the Visconti.
Gorgonzola in 1288 is cited as one of the most important churches of the diocese of Milan and in 1510 appeared for the first time on a document the current name.
Gorgonzola in 1176 joined the Lombard League, and in 1245, during the clashes that followed the Peace of Constance in 1183 and which involved the heirs of Frederick Barbarossa, during the assault by Frederick II to the ramparts of Milan, the forces of Lombardy They had to fold up in Gorgonzola: there were clashes and the commanders of both sides were captured by their enemies. A Gorgonzola was guarded King Enzo, son of Emperor and Imperial Vicar of Lombardy.
Place Name
For a long time it was thought that the name derived from the Latin Gorgonzola "Curte Argentia" which seems to indicate a settlement near the Roman town of Argentia, situated between Milan and Bergamo, or, according to other interpretations, a place for the horses at the 14th mile on the road towards Bergamo; over time the name would undergo the change in Curt-Argentia, Cort-argentiola and finally Gorgonzola. A more recent is the one that takes the name derived from the goddess Concordia, then transformed into Corcondiola and finally in Gorgonzola.
Villages and Places
The town of Gorgonzola has fraction Riva where is the station MM2 Villa Pompea, and also in 4 locations that are: Production Location (9 inhabitants), Cascina Mugnaga (22 inhabitants), Cascina Vergani (21 inhabitants), Cascina new (34 inhabitants ).
Gorgonzola is located in the west of the basin of the Po Valley, and this position gives it (the sea is far away) a continental climate.
Winters are cold in Gorgonzola, with heavy frost, fog and temperatures almost always negative or around the 0.
However the most common "frost days" (approximately 100 per year), where thermometers registered negative values, including in a period from late November to early April; rare (but not impossible) frost in October or April.
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