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16 unusual facts about Varèse


2013 Tre Valli Varesine

The race started with a circuit in Varese, passed through the three "varesine valley" (Valganna, Valcuvia and Valtravaglia) and another circuit in Luino, and ended in Campione d'Italia on the Lago di Lugano.

Breno, Ticino

Alp Rettaiola (alpine pasture) was lost after a century-long dispute with the Italian Valle Veddasca, following a by a decision of the Varese Congress in 1752.

Caproni Vizzola 2

It was designed and built by a collaboration of staff from the Caproni Vizzola works at Vizzola Ticino and the Gliding Group of Varese.

Carrozzeria Varesina

Carrozzeria Varesina (established 1845 in Varese) was an Italian coachbuilder, known for their work on industrial vehicles such as double-decker buses for both touring and urban transport.

Christine Thorburn

: 12th UCI World Championships (ITT), Varese (ITA)

De De Lind

De De Lind was formed in 1969 in the northern Italian city of Varese, and was named after DeDe Lind, a popular 60s Playboy model.

Doomsword

DoomSword is a heavy metal band from Varese, in northern Italy with strong influences from epic themes such as ancient and medieval history, fantasy literature and European mythology.

Enrico Butti

He made a monument for the fallen set up in Viggiù in 1919, another for Gallarate (set up in 1924) in Piazza Risorgimento, and finally one in Varese (1925).

Franco Scapini

Franco Scapini (born April 7, 1962) is a former Italian racing driver from Varese.

Giovanni Domenico Zucchinetti

Giovanni Domenico Zucchinetti (1735- after 1801) was an Italian organist, brother to the composer Giovanni Bernardo Zucchinetti whom he succeeded in 1765 as organist at the cathedrals of Varese and Monza.

Giuseppe Pambieri

Born in Varese, Pambieri studied acting at the Drama School of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan where she met his future wife, the actress Lia Tanzi.

Harley Davidson Baja 100

It was built by Aermacchi, a motorcycle factory in Varese, Italy, in which Harley at that time had a participation of 50%.

Mendrisio railway station

The station is on the Swiss Federal Railways Gotthard railway, between Lugano and Chiasso, and is also the junction for the Mendrisio–Stabio railway, currently only used for freight traffic, but being rebuilt as an international connection to Varese.

Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station

The latter station was also called the “Varesine” station" (after Varese) and was the terminus of lines to Gallarate, Novara and Varese.

Savoia-Marchetti SM.81

Around six months after the SM.73s first appearance, the SM.81 prototype (MM.20099) first flew from Vergiate, near Varese, on 8 February 1935, controlled by test pilot Adriano Bacula.

Thy Majestie

But in October 2004 he left as well "due to personal reasons", one of them being the distance between Grilli's hometown, Varese, and Palermo, where the other members of the band live.


1978–79 FIBA European Champions Cup

This final was a last in impressive line of ten consecutive finals for Varèse, and is also notable for KK Bosna's Žarko Varajić scoring 45 points, a still active record in a number of points scored in Euroleague finals.

Angelo da Costa Júnior

Costa once again became the first choice for the return leg in Varese's Stadio Franco Ossola.

Arbedo-Castione

Additionally, it was right next to the old main road leading from Castelseprio at Varese on the Monte Ceneri to Lukmanier Pass.

Arthur Weisberg

He recorded several renderings of 20th century music, such as from Schoenberg (Pierrot Lunaire, Erwartung), Varèse, Messiaen, and contemporary American composers (e.g., Elliott Carter, Stefan Wolpe, and George Crumb), mostly with the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, the Orchestra of the 20th Century, and the Ensemble 21.

Canadian League of Composers

This conference drew composers from 30 different countries, including Krenek, Varèse and Berio.

Casorate

Casorate Sempione, a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 40 km northwest of Milan and about 20 km southwest of Varese.

David Felder

In the liner notes of Felder's 2013 CD release, "Tweener", Paul Griffiths describes Felder's style as a whole, Different currents, and strong ones, are driving beneath the turbulent surfaces of David Felder’s music, where a still-robust modernism, with inheritances in particular from Stravinsky and Varèse, sports with aspects of popular music from big-band to electronica.

Dionigi Bussola

For nearly two decades (1666–1684), he worked in the sacri monti of Orta San Giulio, Varallo Sesia, Varese, and Domodossola.

European School, Varese

The presence of the school in Varese is mainly because nearby Ispra hosts three institutes of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.

F.C. Barreirense

Beyond these presences in the European Cup of Clubs, the club also played several international matches, such as, with Tennessee and Bittebeng from the United States of America, with ABC of Nantes from France, with Union Marrocaine from Morocco, with the selection of Brazil, with the Antwerp from Belgium, with the Ignis Varese from Italy, among many other big teams.

Francesco Daverio

With a long trip past Buguggiate, Capolago, Varese, Morosolo, Casciago, Velate, St. Ambrose, Bregazzana, the German Alps, and Borgnana Cavagna, the patrol arrived in the late evening of August 27 at Casamora, an isolated area between Brusimpiano and Porto.

Francesco De Lorenzi

Francesco De Lorenzi (Varese, 1827- Campomorone, June 16, 1900) was an Italian painter, mainly of ornamental fresco decoration.

Franco Manzi

did his schooling in the liceo classico of the 'Pius XI' diocesan seminary at Venegono Inferiore, in the province of Varese, Italy.

Giovanni Ghisolfi

He painted also in Palazzo Borromeo Arese at Cesano, Reatis' Palace in Lissone and in the fourth chapel of the Sacri Monti and covered the vaults of the Basilica of San Vittore in Varese.

Giuseppe Rusnati

He also contributed to the Certosa di Pavia and sent many sculptures for the Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy, including to Monte Calvario; to the 9th, 10th, and 15th chapels of the Sacri Monti of Domodossola; to the 13th and 19th chapels of the Sacri Monti of Orta; and the statues of SS Domenico and Francisco in the high altar (1660–1662) for the Sacri Monti of Varese .

Jim Pewter

Because of his musical expertise, Pewter has been busy compiling and producing CDs and writing liner notes for MCA Music Entertainment, Varese Sarabande Records, Quality, Rhino, and GNP Crescendo.

Malpensa Aeroporto railway station

Malpensa Aeroporto railway station, or Malpensa Airport railway station, is located in the Terminal 1 of Malpensa Airport (IATA code: MXP) in Ferno, Varese, near Milan.

Marios Varvoglis

He remained in Montparnasse, Paris until 1922 and he maintained close relations with artistic circles that included Casella, Ravel, Varèse and Modigliani, whose last painting was a portrait of Varvoglis.

Maxime Bouet

He was called up to represent France at the under-23s race of the 2008 UCI Road World Championships in Varese where he came in 83rd place in a race that was won by Fabio Duarte.

Netherlands at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships

The Netherlands competed at the 2008 UCI Road World Championships in Varese, Italy, from 23 September to 28 September 2009 and at the 2008 UCI Juniors Road World Championships in Cape Town, South Africa from 18 July to 20 July 2008.

ONCE Group

The two weekends presented contemporary works by prominent composers such as Berio, Cage, Boulez, Stockhausen, and Varèse.

Porto Ceresio–Milan railway

Since December 2004 the section from Gallarate to Varese is used by the trains of the line S5 of Milan suburban railway service.

The Philharmonic Winds

The wind orchestra is also well-versed in a variety of musical styles, having explored the lush and humorous music of Percy Grainger, the genius of Mozart and Varèse, jazz standards in "All That Jazz", authentic "Sounds of Japan", and an "Absoluut Dutch" affair with highly acclaimed composer, Johan de Meij.

Varese railway station

As from 2013, Varese railway station will become international, upon the opening of the new Varese–Arcisate (I)–Stabio (CH)–Mendrisio railway, which will branch off at Arcisate from the Varese-Porto Ceresio line, and then enter Switzerland at Stabio.

On the new line, regional trains will link Varese with Mendrisio, and there will also be direct trains between Malpensa Airport and Lugano.

Vytautas Bacevičius

He developed a theory of 'cosmic music' and came to regard Schoenberg's 12-note music as out-dated, regarding himself as a successor to Scriabin, André Jolivet and Varèse.