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6 unusual facts about Erba


Canzo

This pieve or confederation of communes (comprehending the near villages of Caslino, Castelmarte, Proserpio, Eupilio, Longone, some frazioni of the current commune of Erba, and having Canzo as capital) from 784 to Martesana zone (the region straight north to Milan roughly corresponding to Brianza historical and cultural region).

After the plane of Erba, Canzo is the confluence of the two small valleys formed by mount Barzaghino, mount Scioscia and mount Cornizzolo, the first being the valley where Lake Segrino toke its place by glacial movements, the second being the valley where Caslino is set.

Erba-Odescalchi

Lucrative economic transactions were established with clients in the major Italian and European cities, such as Nuremberg, Milan, Kraków, and Rome.

Erba, Lombardy

Giuseppe Terragni (1904–1943), an architect and pioneer of the Italian modern movement who also designed Como’s Casa del Fascio, a significant example of Fascist architecture in northern Italy.

Judica-Cordiglia brothers

Achille (b.Turin, 1933) and his brother Giovanni Battista (b.Erba, 1939) set up their own experimental listening station just outside of Turin in the late 1950s.

Livio Odescalchi

Odescalchi died without a direct heir in 1713, and his titles and fortune were inherited by his relative Baldassare Erba-Odescalchi (1683-1746), the grandson of Alessandro Erba (1599-1670) and Lucrezia Odescalchi, the sister of Innocent XI and Carlo Odescalchi.


Battle of Desio

They had however spared those of Desio, some 30 km north to Milan, as there converged three important trade routes from Como, Erba and Lecco.

Faggeto Lario

Faggeto Lario borders the following municipalities: Albavilla, Albese con Cassano, Caglio, Carate Urio, Caslino d'Erba, Erba, Laglio, Nesso, Pognana Lario, Tavernerio, Torno.

Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher

Sebhat was born in 1928 in Tigray region near the historical town of Adwa in a village called Erba Gered.

Victor Turpo

In 1968 he obtained the first prize medal of gold ERBA (Bellas Artes Regional School), in 1970 won the first prize ICPNA (Peruvian Norte American Cultural Institute) in the regional competition at "Palace of the Municipal Government of Arequipa", in 1974 he obtained first Honorable Mention Good Year ICPNA (Peruvian Norte American Cultural Institute) in Arequipa.


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