Casate Ticino

Casate Ticino
Frazione
Casate Ticino

Location of Casate Ticino in Italy

Coordinates: 45°29′00″N 08°49′00″E / 45.48333°N 8.81667°E / 45.48333; 8.81667
Country  Italy
Region Lombardy Lombardy
Province Milan
Comune Bernate Ticino
Elevation 130 m (430 ft)
Population (2009)
  Total 1,100
Demonym(s) casatesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 20010
Dialing code +39 (02)
Patron saint Blessed Virgin Mary,
Our Lady of Sorrows
Saint day December 8, September 15
Website Casate Ticino

Casate Ticino ("Casá", in the local dialect) is an Italian village in the municipality of Bernate Ticino, near Milan, in Lombardy. As of 2009 its population was of 1,100 circa.

History

Overview

Casate is first mentioned in 1603, in "Atti della visita pastorale" of Cardinal Federico Borromeo.

At the end of 1600 the abbot Ferdinand Crivelli decided to build a church, for the peasants of the small village. The church was consecrated in 1705, and a plaque still reads as set out in the place of worship:[1]

QUO FACILIUS CULTORES AGRI
CIRCUMIECTI INTERESSENT REI SACRAE
ABBAS GENTIS CRIBELLIAE EX IURE PATRONAT(U)S
AEDEM VIRGINI MAGNAE SINE LABE CONCEPTAE
ANNO MDCCV
DEDICABAT

Origins of the name

The name "Casate" probably derives from common term "casates", farmhouses scattered in fields, in the dialect of the 1600–1700.[2]

Geography

Position

Casate is located east of Ticino river and west of Milan, seat of the province, which is 27 km far from the village.[3]

The village borders are north to Cuggiono, east to Mesero, south and west with the town of Bernate Ticino.

How to reach Casate

References

  1. Informations on www.parrocchiacasate.it
  2. Cultural Group "Tra da num s'intendum" : A Church, a people, a History,Pro manuscripto, 2005.
  3. Calculated from the Church to the Milan Cathedral

External links

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