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Merate Astronomical Observatory

Observatory

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Merate Astronomical Observatory is an old observatory in Merate, Italy. It has housed a 1-meter Zeiss telescope since 1926. This Zeiss di Merate is a reflecting telescope on an equatorial mount and is one of the largest telescopes funded by the Regno d'Italia before Italy became republic in 1946.

Paderno-Robbiate railway station

Railway station

Photo: Spacearcangel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Palazzo Prinetti

Manor estate

Photo: Maurizio Moro5153, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Palazzo Prinetti is a palace located in the town of Merate, in the Province of Lecco, in the Region of Lombardy, Italy. The palace, also known as Castello di Merate, was built initially by Archbishop Ariberto d'Intimiano as a moated castle, but destroyed in 1275 during the civil wars involving Visconti and Della Torre.

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Paderno d’Adda

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Paderno d'Adda is a small village in the Lecco province of Lombardy, northern Italy, located on the southern edge of the Italian Prealps, south of the city of Lecco, and near the northeastern edge of Greater Milan.

Montevecchia

Photo: Chiaracorno, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Montevecchia is a small village in Lecco province, between Milan and the city of Lecco, in northern Italy.

Merate

Town

Photo: Giorces, CC BY 2.5.

Merate is a municipality of 15.020 inhabitants in the province of Lecco, in the northern Italian region of Lombardy. It is served by Cernusco-Merate railway station.

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