Gricar Brugherio

Gricar Brugherio is in Brugherio, Province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy. Gricar Brugherio is situated nearby to the church Cappella Maria Bambina, as well as near Villa Sormani.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Villa Sormani and Saint Lucius, Brugherio.

Villa Sormani

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The baroque Villa Sormani is in the village of Moncucco in the city of Brugherio. The Villa Sormani was the site chosen by Count Paolo Andreani to demonstrate the first public balloon flight on Italian soil in 1784. Villa Sormani is situated 310 metres south of Gricar Brugherio.

Saint Lucius, Brugherio

Church

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Saint Lucius in Brugherio, Italy, is a small church dedicated to Saint Lucius in the grounds of the Villa Sormani. First located in Lugano, Switzerland, where it was a Franciscan chapel, the building was disassembled and transported to Brugherio, where its reconstruction was completed 17 years later. Saint Lucius, Brugherio is situated 350 metres south of Gricar Brugherio.

Villa Fiorita

Government building

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Villa Scotti-Cornaglia-Noseda-Bertani, commonly known as Villa Fiorita, is a building in Lombardy, Italy, where the Brugherio Comune's headquarters are housed. Villa Fiorita is situated 510 metres east of Gricar Brugherio.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moncucco and Cascina Guzzina.

Moncucco

Suburb

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Moncucco was an autonomous Italian municipality until March 30, 1871, when due to a royal decree it became a hamlet of the town of Brugherio, established in 1866.

Cascina Guzzina

Neighborhood

Cascina Guzzina is a farmhouse located in the southern part of Brugherio, on the border with Cologno Monzese. The name comes from gussetta, which formerly referred to the cocoon of the silkworm, whose breeding was widespread in the area.