Cesano Boscone
Encyclopedia
Cesano Boscone is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Milan
in the Italian
region Lombardy
, located about 6 km southwest of Milan
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Cesano Boscone borders the following municipalities: Milan
, Corsico
, Trezzano sul Naviglio
.
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) in the Province of Milan
Province of Milan
The Province of Milan : /) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Milan. The provincial territory is highly urbanized, resulting in the third highest population density among the Italian provinces with more than 2,000 inhabitants/km2, just behind the provinces of...
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 6 km southwest 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 ,...
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Cesano Boscone borders the following municipalities: 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 ,...
, Corsico
Corsico
Corsico is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, bordering on Milan to the South-West.Corsico received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on July 22, 1987.-Twin towns - Sister cities:...
, Trezzano sul Naviglio
Trezzano sul Naviglio
Trezzano sul Naviglio is a comune in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 9 km southwest of Milan...
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Main sights
- Church of St. John the Baptist, traditionally founded by the Lombard queen Theodolinda in 613, after her conversion to Crihstianism.