Villa Sormani

The baroque Villa Sormani is in the village of in the city of . The Villa Sormani was the site chosen by Count Paolo Andreani to demonstrate the first public balloon flight on Italian soil in 1784.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 18th century baroque building
  • Also known as: “Palazzo Bolagnos, Andreani, Sormani, Verri”, “Villa Andreani”, and “Villa Sormani Andreani”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Lucius, Brugherio and San Carlo, Brugherio.

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

Church
Photo: Silvia Barzago, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Carlo is a church located in Via Piergiorgio Frassati, in the west of and it is part of the pastoral community Epiphany of the Lord. is situated 680 metres west of Villa Sormani.

Government building
Photo: Danyy29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villa Scotti-Cornaglia-Noseda-Bertani, commonly known as , is a building in , Italy, where the Comune's headquarters are housed. is situated 690 metres northeast of Villa Sormani.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moncucco and Cascina Guzzina.

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

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

Suburb
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is a hamlet of 's municipality, which until 1866 was a separate municipality.

Villa Sormani

Latitude
45.54821° or 45° 32′ 54″ north
Longitude
9.29227° or 9° 17′ 32″ east
Inception
1733
Open location code
8FQFG7XR+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 78593210
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q4012554
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In Other Languages

“Villa Sormani” goes by many names.
  • Italian: “Villa Andreani”
  • Italian: “Villa Bolagnos, Andreani, Sormani”
  • Italian: “Villa Sormani”

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