Casatenovo is a comune

Comune

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(municipality) in the Province of Lecco

Province of Lecco

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 in the Italian

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 region Lombardy

Lombardy

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, located about 30 km northeast of Milan

Milan

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 and about 20 km southwest of Lecco

Lecco

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. , it had a population of c. 12,600 inhabitants.

Casatenovo borders the following municipalities: Besana in Brianza

Besana in Brianza

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, Camparada

Camparada

Camparada is a comune in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 25 km northeast of Milan.Camparada borders the following municipalities: Casatenovo, Usmate Velate, Lesmo, Arcore....

, Correzzana

Correzzana

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, Lesmo

Lesmo

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, Lomagna

Lomagna

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, Missaglia

Missaglia

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, Monticello Brianza

Monticello Brianza

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, Usmate Velate

Usmate Velate

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.

History

First mentioned in 867 AD, the village probably developed starting from the late 10th-early 11th centuries around the castle of the Casati family.

Casatenovo took advantage of the economic and industrial boom of the Brianza

Brianza

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 area starting from the 19th century. It is now an important and rich center in the food production sector, including companies as Galbusera

Galbusera

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 and Vismara.

Main sights

• Parish church of San Giorgio. It was established in the 13th century, but its current appearance dates from 1635.
• Church of Santa Margherita, rebuilt in 1462. It houses frescoes in late-Gothic Lombard style.
• The small church of Santa Giustina, known from 1062. The bell tower is in Romanesque
  Romanesque architecture
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  style. Much of the current edifice belongs to a restoration held in 1643; it includes a fresco cycle with the Virgin and Child with Saints, and another with God and the Fathers of the Church.
• Villa Casati-Facchi.
• Villa Casati-Greppi (1775).
• Villa Lurani-Cernuschi, most likely located where once the castle was.
• Cascina Rancate, a countryside villa dating from the 14th century, restored in the 16th century and including an oratory of St. Anthony.

External links

• Official website
• Auditorium di Casatenovo
• Maraton Bike of Brianza
• Il Mosto - Youth cultural association