Porto Valtravaglia
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Porto Valtravaglia is a comune
(municipality) of c. 2,400 inhabitants in the Province of Varese
in the Italian
region Lombardy
, located about 70 km northwest of Milan
and about 20 km northwest of Varese
.
Porto Valtravaglia borders the following municipalities: Brezzo di Bedero
, Brissago-Valtravaglia
, Casalzuigno
, Castelveccana
, Duno
, Ghiffa
and Oggebbio
.
Dario Fo
, Nobel Prize for literature, spent his childhood and adolescence here.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) of c. 2,400 inhabitants in the Province of Varese
Province of Varese
The Province of Varese is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Varese but its largest city is Busto Arsizio....
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
, located about 70 km northwest of Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and about 20 km northwest of Varese
Varese
Varese is a town and comune in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, 55 km north of Milan.It is the capital of the Province of Varese. The hinterland or urban part of the city is called Varesotto.- Geography :...
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Porto Valtravaglia borders the following municipalities: Brezzo di Bedero
Brezzo di Bedero
Brezzo di Bedero is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km northwest of Varese....
, Brissago-Valtravaglia
Brissago-Valtravaglia
Brissago-Valtravaglia is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 15 km northwest of Varese....
, Casalzuigno
Casalzuigno
Casalzuigno is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 14 km northwest of Varese....
, Castelveccana
Castelveccana
Castelveccana is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km northwest of Varese....
, Duno
Duno
For the IndyCar Series driver, see Milka DunoDuno is a comune in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 km northwest of Milan and about 14 km northwest of Varese...
, Ghiffa
Ghiffa
Ghiffa is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 120 km northeast of Turin and about 7 km northeast of Verbania on the western shore of the Lake Maggiore....
and Oggebbio
Oggebbio
Oggebbio is a comune in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 130 km northeast of Turin and about 11 km northeast of Verbania....
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Dario Fo
Dario Fo
Dario Fo is an Italian satirist, playwright, theater director, actor and composer. His dramatic work employs comedic methods of the ancient Italian commedia dell'arte, a theatrical style popular with the working classes. He currently owns and operates a theatre company with his wife, actress...
, Nobel Prize for literature, spent his childhood and adolescence here.