Cassina Baraggia

Baraggia
Cassina Baraggia
Etymology: Baragia
Coordinates: Lombardy 45°33′30″N 9°18′28″E / 45.55833°N 9.30778°E / 45.55833; 9.30778
Country  Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Monza and Brianza
Municipality Brugherio
Demonym(s) Baraggini
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Website Official website

Found etymology,

Cassina Baraggia is a hamlet of Brugherio's municipality, which until 1866 was a separate municipality.

History

Origins

Etymology

The name Baraggia comes from the word baragia, meaning "little fertile land" or "uncultivated" land.[1] Cassina, however, comes from the Latin castrum meaning "camp", indicating a farmhouse which was inhabited by more than one family.[2] In the Roman imperial period, the uncultivated lands were part of a mutual fund, with open grazing, which extended to the whole territory of Brugherio. With the arrival of the Lombards the land began to be cultivated and inhabited by private owners.[3]

First documented sources

Baragia's name appears for the first time in 769 when Grato, Roman inhabitant of Monza, set free one of his servants and gave him a land in the village de Barazia. The name can also be found documented in 853, during the donation of certain assets to the monastery of Saint Ambrose of Milan by two Romans. That same document shows that there was a chapel of Saints Cosmas and Damian (now Saint Anne Church) in the area, in turn dependent on the monastery of Saint Ambrose.[3] The building is now located in the hamlet of San Damiano (which did not exist as such at the time). During the 12th century the Milanese territory was divided into counties and parishes. In the parish of Vimercate, Brugherium and Sanctus Damianus de Baraza, were under Martesana's county.[3]

Between 15th century and 17th century

Gian Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, appointed as feudal lords of Vimercate the family Secco Borella in 1475.[4] In 1554 Ludovico Maria Sforza gave the land of Vimercate to Count Ludovico Secchi. The last feudal lord was Luigi Trotti, son of Count Trotti (Senator Johannes Baptista) and Maria Giulia "Seccoborella".[3][4] On June 15, 1578, with the pastoral visit of Archbishop Charles Borromeo,[4] the property was incorporated into the parish of Saint Bartholomew. The next day, the archbishop visited the chapel of Saint Margaret, itself annexed to the house of Giovanni Battista Bernareggi (today called Villa Brivio) in Baraggia. In 1594 the Inhabitants of Baraggia numbered about a hundred. In 1621, the year of the pastoral visit of Federigo Borromeo to the church of Saint Bartholomew, Baraggia numbered 96 inhabitants.[3]

Between 18th century and 1866

In 1721 and in 1751 land registry maps of the territory were realized by Charles VI and his daughter, Maria Theresa. The map of 1721 (updated in 1751) shows Cassina Baraggia and Cassina Brugherio Saint Ambrose as being together, even though they were distinct communities, part of the Pieve of Vimercate.[5] In 1751 Cassina Baraggia housed 160 inhabitants:[6] the majority of the owners were not noble, but the nobles indeed held most of land, the largest extension of which belonged to the nuns of the Convent of Santa Caterina alla Chiusa of Milan.[3] In the town of Cassina Baraggia there were six blocks of several houses, including Villa Brivio, at the current Palazzo Ghirlanda Silva of Count Gio Batta Scotti.[2][7] In the territory of Baraggia there were also two houses including the Cascina Saint Ambreus with the church itself.[3][8]

In addition to the cultivation of vines, from the middle of the century the cultivation of mulberry trees had spread enormously in the region, and was planted on the edge of the fields, so as not to supplant other crops. The mulberry trees were used to feed the silk worms, which were given by the owner to the tenant farmers. Mostly women and children worked on the breeding of silk worms. The explosion of silk worm translated as the construction of a textile mill in Baraggia (another being placed in Moncucco), where the first phase of production of silk (reeling) was performed.[3]

In 1805 Cassina Baraggia counted with 516 inhabitants.[9] In 1809, a decree of Napoleon caused the annexation of Cassina Baraggia to Carugate.[9] With the return of the Austrians in 1816, Cassina Baraggia became autonomous.[10] In 1853, an estimated 1,240 inhabitants populated the land, becaming 1268 in the year 1861.[11] On December 9, 1866 the Royal Decree number 3395 was signed by Vittorio Emanuele II, leading to the town's annexation by Brugherio.[12][13] Giovanni Noseda, mayor of Cassina Baraggia became the first mayor of Brugherio.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Olivieri, Dante (1961). Dizionario di toponomastica lombarda (in Italian). Milano: Ceschina.
  2. 1 2 Tribuzio Zotti, Luciana (1987). Brugherio: luoghi memorabili (in Italian). Brugherio: Parole Nuove.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tribuzio Zotti, Luciana (1986). Brugherio nei documenti (in Italian). Brugherio: circolo Paolo Grassi.
  4. 1 2 3 Tribuzio Zotti, Luciana; Magni, Giuseppe (2012). Una città nel segno dei Magi: Brugherio 1613-2013 (in Italian). Brugherio: Associazione Kairos.
  5. ↑ "Archivio di Stato di Milano. Cassina Baraggia. Comune censuario" (in Italian). Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Lombardia Beni Culturali. Istituzioni storiche. Comune di Cassina Baraggia" (in Italian). Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  7. ↑ He owned a villa in the territory of Monza,too
  8. ↑ De Petri, Antonio. Cronaca (in Italian). Conta Baragia sei famiglie di operarj, cioè un sartore, un falegname, due muratori, un calzolaro e un tessitore, cinque famiglie di massari, quattro di pigionanti con terreno e quattro di semplici inquilini (...) L'aria vi è assai pura, li terreni forti e di vini dei più stimati nè contorni di Brugherio.
  9. 1 2 "Lombardia Beni Culturali. Istituzioni storiche. Comune di Cassina Baraggia, 1798-1809" (in Italian). Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Lombardia Beni Culturali. Istituzioni storiche. Comune di Cassina Baraggia, 1816-1859" (in Italian). Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lombardia Beni Culturali. Istituzioni storiche. Comune di Cassina Baraggia, 1859-1866" (in Italian). Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Mancini, Manuela (1996). Brugherio: presente e passato (in Italian). Milano: Swan.
  13. ↑ "Comune di Brugherio. Storia del territorio" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Comune di Brugherio. Capi dell'amministrazione dal 1866 ad oggi" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 January 2015.

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