| Comune di Cantù | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Como (CO) |
| Mayor | Tiziana Sala |
| Elevation | 370 m (1,214 ft) |
| Area | 23 km² (9 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| - Total | 37,870 |
| - Density | 1,647/km² (4,266/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Canturini |
| Dialing code | 031 |
| Postal code | 22063 |
| Frazioni | Vighizzolo, Fecchio, Mirabello, Cascina Amata, Asnago |
| Patron | Saint Apollonia |
| - Day | February 9 |
| Website: www.comune.cantu.co.it | |
Cantù (Cantü in local Lombard) is a city and comune in the Province of Como, located at the center of the Brianza zone in Lombardy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Como (Provincia di Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative Saint Apollonia was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Western Lombard is a Romance language spoken in Italy, in the Lombard provinces of Milan, Monza, Varese, Como A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic Administrative division of both provinces and regions and may be properly approximated in The Province of Como (Provincia di Como is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Brianza is a hilly region at the foot of the Alps in north-western Lombardy. Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the It is the second largest city in Brianza.
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History
Cantù was a source of conflict between the cities of Milan and Como. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Como is a City in Lombardy, Italy, north of Milan. Situated at the southern tip of the south-west arm of Lake Como, it The Sforza of Milan took control permanently in the 15th century. Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan.
Main sights
Cantù main attraction is the Basilica of Galliano, particularly relevant are also Piazza Garibaldi, named for Giuseppe Garibaldi, and the San Paolo Church, whose bell tower is one of the symbol of the city. Garibaldi redirects here for other meanings see Garibaldi (disambiguation.
Sport
Pallacanestro Cantù, the famous basketball club of the city, won the European Champions Cup twice in 1982 and 1983. Pallacanestro Cantù is a Italian basketball club based in Cantù. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m EuroLeague WomenThe Euroleague (EL is one of the professional Basketball competitions in Europe, with teams from thirteen different European countries
Twin Towns
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