Legnano

Legnano is an Italian city and comune within the north-westernmost a part of the Metropolitan City of Milan, approximately 20 kilometres from imperative Milan. With 60,259, it's far the 13 most populous township in Lombardy. Legnano is located within the Alto Milanese and is crossed by means of the Olona river. The records of Legnano and its municipal location has been traced back to the 1st century BC via archaeological evidence. The town changed into set up in 1261. Because of the historic victory of the Lombard League over Frederick Barbarossa at Legnano, it is the simplest town other than Rome named inside the Italian countrywide anthem. Every year the people of Legnano commemorate the conflict.

The maximum historic evidence of settlement in Legnano dates to the Remedello lifestyle. Later it was a Celtic center, conquered by way of the Romans in the 1st century BC. In the Middle Ages, Legnano turned into the vicinity of the conflict wherein Emperor Frederick I became defeated through the Lombard League. From 1820 to 1915, with the advent of numerous fabric and mechanical corporations, the city grew from an agricultural to an commercial middle. Most of the textile industries closed in the 1960s: today the services quarter is the maximum thriving one.