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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Monza and Brianza (MB) |
| Mayor | Marco Maria Mariani |
| Elevation | 162 m (531 ft) |
| Area | 33. 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 Monza and Brianza (in the local idiom: "Pruincia de Munscia e Briansa" is a province of Lombardy, Italy. 03 km² (13 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2006) | |
| - Total | 121,445 |
| - Density | 3,677/km² (9,523/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
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| Gentilic | Monzesi |
| Dialing code | +39 039 |
| Postal code | 20052 |
| Patron | St. John the Baptist, St. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 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 Saint John the Baptist ( heb. Jochanan ben Sacharja, arab. يحيى Yaḥyā or يوحنا Yūḥanna, aram. Gerardo dei Tintori |
| - Day | June 24 |
| Website: www.comune.monza.mi.it | |
Monza (Munscia in Western Lombard) is a city on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy some 15km north-northeast of Milan. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Western Lombard is a Romance language spoken in Italy, in the Lombard provinces of Milan, Monza, Varese, Como The Lambro ( Western Lombard: Lamber or Lambar) is a river of Lombardy, northern Italy, a left tributary of the Po. The Po ( Latin: Padus, Po Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles (682 km by considering Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894 Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a Motorsport Race track near the town of Monza, Italy, north of Milan.
Since June 11, 2004 Monza has officially been designated the capital of the new province of Monza and Brianza. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Province of Monza and Brianza (in the local idiom: "Pruincia de Munscia e Briansa" is a province of Lombardy, Italy. This new administrative arrangement will come fully into effect in 2009, and until then it will continue to be treated for many purposes as a comune within the province of Milan. 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 Milan (Provincia di Milano Western Lombard (non-official lmo ''Provincia de Milan''/lmo ''Pruìncia de Milàn'' is a province in the
Monza is the third-largest city of Lombardy and the most important economic, industrial and administrative centre of the Brianza area, supporting a textile industry and a publishing trade. Brianza is a hilly region at the foot of the Alps in north-western Lombardy. A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial Fibres often referred to as thread or Yarn. Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view
Monza also hosts a Department of the University of Milan Bicocca, a Court of Justice and several offices of regional administration. The University of Milan - Bicocca ( Italian: Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca, UNIMIB is a university located in Milan, Italy.
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Population
| Year | Population (Change) | Density |
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| 1861 | 24. 499 | - |
| 1871 | 25. 266 (+767) | - |
| 1881 | 26. 807 (+1,541) | - |
| 1901 | 41. 218 (+14,411) | - |
| 1911 | 51. 615 (+10,397) | - |
| 1921 | 54. 617 (+3,003) | |
| 1931 | 61. 516 (+6,899) | - |
| 1936 | 65. 062 (+3,546) | - |
| 1951 | 73. 114 (+8,082) | - |
| 1961 | 84. 445 (+11,331) | - |
| 1971 | 114. 327 (+29,882) | - |
| 1981 | 123. 145 (+8,818) | - |
| 1991 | 120. 651 (-2,494) | - |
| 2001 | 120. 204 (-447) | - |
| December 31, 2004 | 189. 263 (metro area) | - |
| December 31, 2006 | 121. 445 (+1,241 or +1. 03%) | 3. 676,81/km² |
Climate
In 2000, the median annual temperature was 11. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. 6°C. Its lowest winter average is 4°C, 14°C in the spring, 18. 9°C in the summer and 9. 7°C in the fall or autumn.
History
Origins in the Bronze Age
Late nineteenth-century finds of funerary urns show that the human presence in the area dates back at least to the Bronze Age, when people would have lived in settlements of pile dwellings raised above the rivers and marshes. An urn is a Vase, ordinarily covered and without handles that usually has a narrowed neck above a footed Pedestal. The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for Stilt houses or pile dwellings are houses raised on Piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water
The Roman period
During the third century BCE the Romans subdued the Insubres, Gauls who had crossed the Alps and settled around Mediolanum (now Milan). Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Insubria is a historical-geographical region which corresponds to the area inhabited in the past by the Insubres, a Celtic people which dwelt in the 4th-5th century B Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Mediolanum, the ancient Milan, was an important Celtic and then Roman centre A gallo-celtic tribe, who also seem to have been Insubres, then founded a village on the Lambro, of which the ruins of a bridge remain. Standing in a place where young people practised sports, the bridge was named ‘Arena’ and its remains can be seen near today’s Ponte dei Leoni (Lions Bridge).
During the Roman Empire the town was known as Modicia. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial
The Lombards
The Lombard invasion of Italy was an important event in Monza's history and the Lombard king Autari married Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian ruler Garibald I. The Lombards ( Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Theodelinda, queen of the Lombards, (c 570 - 628 was the daughter of duke Garibald I of Bavaria. Garibald I (also Garivald) (born 540 was Duke (or King of Bavaria from 555 until 591
The new queen ordered the construction near the River Lambro of an oraculum, a sort of little church, that today is part of the basilica of Saint John. Paul the Deacon, an 8th century historian of the Lombards, tells us about this, writing: "[. Paul the Deacon (c 720 &ndash 13 April probably 799 also known as Paulus Diaconus, Warnefred and Cassinensis (i . . ] Theudelinda regina basilicam costruxerat, qui locus supra Mediolanum duodecim milibus abest, [. . . ]" ("Theodelinda built a queen basilica, whose position is twelve miles from Milan"). There is also an important legend that Theodelinda, asleep while her husband was hunting, saw in a dream a dove who told her : "Modo", Latin for "here", in order to say that she should build the oraculum in that place, and the queen answered "etiam", meaning "yes". So from the two words "modo" and "etiam", following the legend, would have derived "Modoetia", the medieval name of Monza.
Subsequent events
In the Middle Ages, the commune of Monza was sometimes independent, sometimes subject to Milan and the Visconti. Visconti was the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages.
The first rail road built in North Italy was the Milan and Monza Rail Road opened for service on August 17th,1840.
On the evening of 29 July 1900 King Umberto I of Italy was assassinated in Monza by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Umberto I King of Italy or Humbert I of Italy ( Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoy) English Gaetano Bresci ( November 11 1869 - May 22 1901) was an Italian American anarchist who assassinated Italian
Main sights
In the course of its history Monza withstood thirty-two sieges, but the Porta d'Agrate is all that remains of its original walls and fortifications. Nearby is the nunnery in which the nun of Monza was enclosed in Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi. Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni ( March 7, 1785 May 22, 1873) was an Italian Poet and Novelist. The Betrothed (orig I Promessi Sposi is an Italian Historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, first published in 1827, in
Monza is famous for its Romanesque-Gothic Duomo of Saint John. Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture|Romanesque art Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which See also Gothic art Gothic architecture is a style of Architecture which flourished during the high and late medieval period. Monza Cathedral (Italian Duomo di Monza) is the main religious building of Monza, near Milan, in northern Italy. There Theodelinda's centrally-planned Greek-cross oraculum ("chapel of prayer") of ca 595 (its foundations remaining under the crossing of nave and transept) was enlarged at the close of the 13th century by enclosing the former atrium within the building. In Romanesque and Gothic Christian Abbey, Cathedral Basilica and church Architecture, the nave is the Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram. The fine black and-white marble arcaded facade was erected in the mid-14th century by Matteo da Campione. The campanile was erected in 1606 to designs by Pellegrino Tibaldi. Pellegrino Tibaldi, also known as Pellegrino di Tibaldo de Pellegrini ( Valsolda, 1527 &ndash Milan, 1596 was an Italian mannerist In the frescoed Chapel of Theodelinda is the Iron Crown of Lombardy, supposed to contain one of the nails used at the Crucifixion. The Iron Crown of Lombardy ( Corona Ferrea) is both a reliquary and one of the most ancient royal insignia of Europe The treasury also contains the crown, fan and gold comb of Theodelinda, and, as well as Gothic crosses and reliquaries, a golden hen and seven chickens, representing Lombardy and her seven provinces. Though the interior has suffered changes, there is a fine relief by Matteo da Campione representing a royal Lombard coronation, and some 15th-century frescoes with scenes from the life of Theodelinda.
The historical centre also contains the church of Santa Maria in Strada, with a rich terra-cotta facade of 1393, and the Broletto or Arengario, the 14th-century palace of the civic commune, raised on an arcade of pointed arches, with a tall square machiolated tower terminating in a sharp central cone.
Nearby, the royal villa (Villa Reale) originally built by Piermarini in 1777 for the archduke Ferdinand of Austria, lies on the banks of the Lambro, surrounded by its park, one of the largest enclosed parks in Europe.
Other villas includes the Mirabello, Mirabellino, Durini, Crivelli Mesmer, Prata, Archinto Pennati, Calloni and Carminati.
Theatres and cinemas
- Teatro Manzoni (Manzoni Theatre)
- Teatro Villoresi (Villoresi Theatre)
- Teatro Binario 7 (Binario 7 Theatre)
- Sala San Carlo
- AreaOdeon
Sport
Monza is known internationally for the Autodromo Nazionale Monza motor racing circuit, home to the Italian Grand Prix, the Scuderia Ferrari, and previously to the Alfa Romeo team. Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a Motorsport Race track near the town of Monza, Italy, north of Milan. The Italian Grand Prix ( Gran Premio d'Italia) is one of the longest running events on the Motor racing calendar Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing During its history Alfa Romeo has competed successfully in many different categories of motorsport, including Formula One, Sportscar racing, Touring The circuit is inside the "Parco di Monza", a park that is double the size of New York's Central Park. The City of New York Central Park is a large public Urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually
Monza is also known for the "Villa Reale", a Habsburg family residence built in 1777. This is a list of Margraves Dukes Archdukes and Emperors of Austria.
The professional football club A.C. Monza Brianza 1912 play, currently in Serie C1, at the Stadio Brianteo. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Associazione Calcio Monza Brianza 1912 is an Italian football club based in Monza, Lombardy. Stadio Brianteo is a multi-use Stadium in Monza, Italy. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of
In 2006 Monza hosted the World Cyber Games tournament. The World Cyber Games ( WCG) is an international E-sports event (or "Cyber Games Festival" operated by Korean company International Cyber Marketing
In 2005, July, Monza hosted the "International Gran Galà Marching Show Bands" at Stadio Brianteo (with the USA band Blue Devils, 11 times WMSB Champion of the World). They will be hosting this event again in July of 2008.
Transportation
Monza can be reached through the following motorways: A4-E64 (Turin-Milan-Venice), A52 (North Ring of Milan), A51 (East Ring of Milan). State road (SS. 36 - Nuova Valassina) connect the city to Lecco and Sondrio. Lecco is an Italian City of c 47000 inhabitants set in Lombardy, north of Milan, and is the capital of the Province of Lecco. Sondrio (Sundrium Sondrio Lombard: Sùndri, Sunder is an Italian town and Comune located in the heart of the Valtellina A 2 km long tunnel will be added by around September 2011 and will alleviate traffic problems that are happening in the city. 2011 ( MMXI) will be a Common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
Every few minutes, trains travel between Monza and Milano via the Suburban Railway (Line S9) and via local trains that connected Monza to Lecco, Como/Chiasso (CH) and Bergamo/Brescia. Also some Eurocity trains stop in Monza. In the beginning of 2008 work will be started for the expansion of Subway Line MM1 from Milano/Sesto San Giovanni to Monza Bettola. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Line 1 (Ita Linea Uno was the first subway built in Milano Works began in 1957 and the first part of Line 1 was opened in 1964 between Sesto Marelli and Lotto
Notable people
- Theodelinda, queen of Lombardy
- Carlo Amati (1776-1852), architect
- Emilio Borsa (1857-1931), painter
- Gerolamo Gaslini (1877-1964), olear industrialist and philanthropists
- Vittorio Brambilla (1937-2001), F1 racer
- Daniele Massaro (1961), footballer (soccer player)
External links
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