Angelo Motta was born in the Lombardy commune of Gessate in 1890 and in the early years of the twentieth century served an apprenticeship in Treviglio and Milan as a pasticceria artisan (a pastry baker).
Pessano con Bornago borders the following municipalities: Cambiago, Caponago, Gessate, Carugate, Gorgonzola, Bussero.