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Cinisello Balsamo

Cinisello Balsamo

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Cinisello Balsamo
Comune
Comune di Cinisello Balsamo
Piazza Gramsci.
Piazza Gramsci.
Coat of arms of Cinisello Balsamo
Coat of arms
Cinisello Balsamo is located in Italy
Cinisello Balsamo
Cinisello Balsamo
Location of Cinisello Balsamo in Italy
Coordinates: 45°33′N 9°13′E
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
Metropolitan cityMilan (MI)
FrazioniBellaria, Bettola, Borgo Misto, Campo dei Fiori, Casignolo, Cornaggia, Crocetta, Nigozza, Robecco, Sant'Eusebio, Villa Rachele
Government
 • MayorSiria Trezzi
Area
 • Total12.7 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Elevation154 m (505 ft)
Population (30 June 2017)[1]
 • Total75,611
 • Density6,000/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Cinisellesi and Balsamesi
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code20092
Dialing code02
Patron saintSt. Ambrose
Saint dayDecember 7
WebsiteOfficial website
Cinisello Balsamo [tʃiniˈzɛllo ˈbalsamo] (Lombard: Cinisell Balsom) is a comune (municipality) of about 75,200 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Milan city center.
Cinisello Balsamo borders the following municipalities: Monza, Muggiò, Nova Milanese, Paderno Dugnano, Cusano Milanino, Sesto San Giovanni, Bresso.
The current comune was formed in 1928 by the union of Cinisello and Balsamo, and received the honorary title of city through a presidential decree on 17 October 1972.

History[edit]

Until the late 1920s, Cinisello and Balsamo were two separate municipalities. By royal decree, on 13 September 1928 a merger was arranged to form the current common.
As a symbol, the emblem of the city now encompasses those of the two municipalities merged: the emblem of the pastoral and the sword on a red field in fact belongs to Balsamo, the rampant crowned lion on a blue field belongs to Cinisello.

Name[edit]

Cinisello (from the Latin cinis, "Ashes", through cinixellum, indicating the fertility of the land from the ashen color, but traditional, though not exactly confirmed - even if you have found Roman remains in the area - is the theory that "Cinisello" comes from "Cinis Aelii", "Ash of Aelius", a Roman gens had here, probably, a branch of the Imperial Age) is the western part of the city.
In another theory (also not exactly confirmed) resulting from studies done in the Historical Archive of Arms would be that both Cini, both Sello, were ancient and noble Houses from Trentino who settled in the area, providing their names to the same, which were decorated with the title of nobility with special merit achieved for works done in favor of the Fatherland. Balsamo (perhaps "the balsam tree", but it might just be the surname of a noble family and elders of the town in the Middle Ages) is the eastern half.

Main sights[edit]

Church of St. Ambrose.
Villa Ghirlanda.
  • Church of Sant'Ambrogio (17th century) in Cinisello
  • Small church of Sant'Eusebio, dating from Lombard times
  • Shrine of St. Martin Bishop (16th century)
  • Church of San Martino (16th century) in Balsamo
  • Villa Ghirlanda Silva Cipelletti (16th century) with one of the first Landscape garden in Italy, designed by count Ercole Silva in the early of 19th century
  • Gramsci Square is the main square in Cinisello, which is overlooked by the Church of St. Ambrogio and Villa Arconati.
  • Church of Saint Pio X (1958)
  • Church of Saint Joseph worker (1957)
  • Church of Saint Peter (1968)
  • Church of Sacred Family (1965)
  • Church of Santa Margherita (1961)
  • Church of San Bernardino

People[edit]

Twin towns – sister cities[edit]

See also[edit]

Church of Saint Eusebio.

References[edit]

  1. Jump up^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

External links[edit]


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Cini Foundation

Cini Foundation

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The island of San Giorgio Maggiore is home to the Cini Foundation
The Giorgio Cini Foundation (Italian Fondazione Giorgio Cini), or just Cini Foundation, is a cultural foundation founded April 20, 1951 in memory of Count Giorgio Cini (it).

History[edit]

The Foundation is located in the former San Giorgio Monastery on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice. The foundation was established by Vittorio Cini in memory of his son, Giorgio Cini, who died in an airplane accident near Cannes in 1949.

Vittorio Cini had a long relationship with the Italian Fascist party, joining in 1926, and had occupied influential positions within government and industry throughout the decades of Benito Mussolini's rule. In early 1943 he was named to the Ministry of Communication, but soon resigned, publicly castigating the obvious dire state of the national situation. He joined the plotting against Mussolini,[1] and with the Nazi occupation of Northern Italy, he was arrested by the SS and sent to the Dachau concentration camp. Transferred to a hospital, his son Giorgio was able to get him released by bribing officials with diamonds and jewellery.[2]Giorgio would also lobby successfully against the elder Cini's legal exclusion from political activities, arguing that his final break with Mussolini mitigated his long years of collaboration.[3]

Purpose and collections[edit]

Part of the original purpose of the Foundation was to rebuild the convent that had been destroyed by Napoleon and later used by the Austrian Army, then the Italian Army, and rehabilitate the island within the context of the cultural history of Venice.[4] It now houses a historical library of about 15 000 volumes, an archive of manuscripts, and a collection concerning documents about history, music, theater and art. It is also a venue for exhibitions, concerts and meetings. As such it was a meeting place for the G7 meetings in 1980 and 1987.[5]
The Foundation possess manuscripts and letters of famous persons of the theatrical and literary life of Italy at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century, including Arrigo Boito, Eleonora Duse, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Giovanni Pascoli, Gian Francesco Malipiero, and Diego Valeri (poet). The Malipiero collection includes the library of the composer as well as scores, correspondence and many musical autographs. The Foundation also retains most of the music by Nino Rota, including a collection of sketches.
The Foundation also is home to the School of San Giorgio for the Study of Venetian Civilisation, an academic center to examine the contributions of the Republic of Venice to civilization.

La Foresteria[edit]

The Foresteria are the exclusive guest quarters that were built for Cini's friends and have been reserved for important guests who attend meetings at the Cini foundation. Filled with valuable art and presenting across the water a view of St. Mark's Square and the Doge's Palace, the place has been visited by heads of state including Jimmy Carter, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, François Mitterrand, Romano Prodi, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, and King Juan Carlos I of Spain.[6]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up^ Enciclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 25 (1981), entry by Maurizio Reberschak.
  2. Jump up^ Tatiana Metternich (1976). Purgatory of Fools. Quadrangle (1976). p. 196. ISBN 0-8129-0691-8.
  3. Jump up^ Reberschak entry in Treccani.
  4. Jump up^ Mission of the Cini Foundation
  5. Jump up^ R. W. Apple Jr. (June 7, 1987). "Once a World Power, Now Host to World Powers". The New York Times.
  6. Jump up^ Information about La Foresteria

Sources[edit]

The initial English version of this article is based on the corresponding Italian version in Wikipedia from February 11, 2009

External links

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