Country Italy Elevation 193 m (633 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Tuesday 4:03 PM Region Lombardy | Province / Metropolitan city Monza and Brianza (MB) Demonym(s) Arcoresi Area 9.3 km² Postal code 20862 Dialling code 039 | |
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Frazioni Bernate, Cascina del Bruno, La Ca', Ca Bianca Weather 9°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 89% Humidity Province Province of Monza and Brianza | ||
Arcore is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of Milan.
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Map of 20862 Arcore, Province of Monza and Brianza, Italy
Arcore borders the following municipalities: Usmate Velate, Camparada, Lesmo, Biassono, Vimercate, Villasanta, Concorezzo.
History
The origin of the city is not clear: by the etymology of the name, it's probably datable during the Roman Empire. To endorse this hypothesis there are different elements: the presence of centuriations and the discovery, in the Middle Ages, of a Roman marble slab, now kept in the Archaeological Museum of Milan.
The oldest documents so far discovered dates back to the 10th century. Arcore, in the Middle Ages, is under the control of the Pieve of Vimercate, and is historically documented the presence of two monasteries, la Casa delle Umiliate in Sant'Apollinare and the Benedictine monastery of Saint Martin of Tours.
By the 16th century, several noble lombard families (Casati, Durini, Giulini, Vismara, D'Adda, Barbò) begin to build many important villas usually surrounded by park, the ville di delizia, including the Villa Borromeo-d'Adda, the Villa la Cazzola and the Villa San Martino (the current residence of Silvio Berlusconi).
After the Italian unification (1861), through the construction of the 2 Arcore's railway stations (the first in front at Villa Borromeo-D'Adda, and the second - of a different railway line - located in Ca' Bianca-Buttafava) and the establishment of numerous industries (like Gilera), the city has gradually expanded up to become, today, one of the most active and largest city in Brianza.
Twin towns
Arcore is twinned with: