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77-920: The river born at 548 meters above sea level in the Fornaci della Riana locality at the Rasa of Varese , at the Sacro Monte di Varese , within the Campo dei Fiori Regional Park . After crossing the Valle Olona and the Alto Milanese , the Olona reaches Rho where it pours part of its water into the Canale Scolmatore Nord Ovest . After passing Pero , the river enters in Milan , where, at

154-529: A comune (municipality) in Varese, hosts the Catholic charter school, Collegio Rotondi , which was established in 1599. Varese has had a long and strong tradition of competitive cycling. It hosted the 1951 and 2008 World Road Cycling Championships. One of the biggest events is the yearly Tre Valli Varesine , which usually takes place at the end of September beginning of October. Is a race that goes through

231-618: A drainage basin of 1,038 km (401 sq mi). The drainage basin of the Olona extends over part of the province of Varese , the Metropolitan City of Milan and, to a lesser extent, province of Como , also affecting part of Switzerland . A small part of the Gaggiolo basin, its tributary, in fact belongs to the Canton Ticino . With its 1,038 km (401 sq mi), the Olona drainage basin occupies 5% of

308-399: A palatificula civilization . According to some authors, part of these populations, following a demographic increase, migrated south settling along the Valle Olona . Further downstream, between 1926 and 1928, near the border between Castellanza and Legnano , an artifact dating back to a period between 3400 BC and the 2200 BC came to light It is a small fragment of a bell-shaped vase that

385-564: A Ring Road System: Varese's Ring Road consists of three roads currently in operation and one more under construction (North Ring Road). The currently operating roads of Varese's Ring Road System are the East Ring Road, a double lane road managed by ANAS ; South Ring Road, a double lane highway managed by Autostrada Pedemontana Lombarda; North East Ring Road, a single lane road managed by ANAS. Many important national and provincial roads pass through Varese. The entire rail network serving

462-577: A fountain in Misano Olona , a few kilometers upstream. Taking the old course and its name, the southern Olona flows into the Po at San Zenone al Po. The two Olona do not have an autonomous hydrography: at Rozzano, from the Lambro Meridionale, a branch take off towards the south-west, gaining vigor thanks to the water supply provided by springs and artificial canals. This stream then flows into

539-460: A natural reserve of over five thousand acres consisting of the massive mountain Campo dei Fiori and Mount Martica, separate from that valley Rasa which is the junction of Valcuvia and Olona valley. Once the peak of the Campo dei Fiori was characterized by extensive grassland, it became the historical destination of tourism of Varese and of Milan. Today is the spectacular blooms - which gave the name to

616-525: A sewer collector. Until 1704 the river had only one terminal arm, while on a map of 1722 it is reported that the Olona forked into two almost parallel branches that met before entering Darsena of Milan: the Olona Nuova (en. "New Olona"), that is the northern one that later will be called roggia Molinara , and the Olona Vecchia (en. "Old Olona"), that it was the southern one. The Molinara canal

693-617: A short distance: having reached the modern Lucernate at the Bozzente stream, the designers widened their bed to accommodate a greater water flow. As the final destination of the new Olona route, the moat of Milan's Roman walls was chosen, where it poured its water into the Canale Vetra (name given by the ancient Romans to the final stretch of the Nirone natural bed) at the height of the modern and homonymous piazza : to achieve this goal,

770-604: Is twinned with: Induno Olona Induno Olona is a town and comune in Italy , in north-western Lombardy , 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Milan , in the Province of Varese . It has a population, in 2021, of c. 10,287. The town is located between Valganna and Valceresio and it is crossed by the river Olona . Among the Prealps of Varese, in particular under Monte Monarco (832 metres above sea level). At

847-444: Is a city and comune in north-western Lombardy , northern Italy , 55 km (34 mi) north-west of Milan . The population of Varese in 2018 was 80,559. It is the capital of the Province of Varese . The hinterland or exurban part of the city is called Varesotto . The city of Varese lies at the foot of Sacro Monte di Varese , part of the Campo dei Fiori mountain range, that hosts an astronomical observatory , as well as

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924-662: Is also a funicular service on the Vellone-Sacro Monte funicular . The nearest airfield is Varese-Venegono Airport ( ICAO :LILN) located 10 km southeast of Varese. The city is home to the Sacro Monte di Varese ('the Sacred Mount of Varese'), a place of pilgrimage and worship. It is one of the Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy , included on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Varese

1001-721: Is home to a European School , the European School, Varese , which was established in 1960 for the children of European Union staff, who work mainly at one of the three institutes of the Joint Research Centre in nearby Ispra . It is one of the two sites of the University of Insubria , located in the heart of the Garden City, and is hosting in the newly built Campus Bizzozero the faculties of Medicine, Economics, Natural Sciences etc. Gorla Minore ,

1078-600: Is on average cooler than other cities of the Lombard Prealps, especially in winter. Varese is one of the rainiest cities in Italy, with an annual precipitation average of more than 1,500 millimetres (59 in). Since the 1980s, snow has fallen less frequently, with the annual average going from 69 cm in 1967–1987 to 33 cm in 1988–2017. Varese city, like the province, has a very high immigrant population owing to both its economy (many multinational companies and

1155-446: Is probably in the sixteenth century - as the Varese historian Luigi Borri believes in his work Documenti Varesini of 1891 - that the shield was surmounted by the marquis crown and the effigy of St. Victor, patron saint of the city. The coat of arms was recognized by decree of the head of the government of 17 June 1941 and the banner was granted with the royal decree of 28 April 1941. The road and rail infrastructure network that makes up

1232-674: Is rich in castles, many once pertaining to the Borromeo family. The historic centre of the city includes the Praetorian Palace and Villa Cagna, a residential complex that also hosts the Civic Music School of Varese. After the 19th century, it was enriched by villas and their surrounding gardens, many now open to visitors, including: In the city centre, there is the Palazzo Estense with its gardens (built in

1309-492: The Ravenna Cosmography ). Instead, as far as local toponyms are concerned, it was assumed that Lonate Pozzolo and Lonate Ceppino derive from "Olona" (from "Olona" to "Lonate"). Since ancient times, the inhabitants of the Valle Olona lived mainly away from the river, on higher ground that certainly would not have been hit by seasonal floods . From the archaeological findings found, it can be deduced that

1386-714: The La Tène culture and which were brought to light along the lower Valle Olona. Even after the ancient Roman conquest, it took some time for the Romanization of the Valle Olona to take place; during this phase, a Celts -Roman cultural dualism coexisted. The complete Romanization of the Valle Olona occurred during the 1st century BC; after this phase, along the banks of the river, the findings of archaeological finds became more and more frequent. This abundance of furnishings continued for another two centuries, that is, until

1463-504: The Lambro Meridionale . Until the entry into operation of the water purification system of Milan (2005), the Lambro Meridionale was a drain collector which collected the results of the western part of the city sewerage system. Subsequently, these sewage were diverted to the purifiers of San Rocco and Nosedo. From the same unloader, the Lambro Meridionale has its "clean source". The Olona is 71 km (44 mi) long and has

1540-517: The Lombardy area and hosts approximately 1,000,000 inhabitants (which corresponds to around 10% of the residents in the region). The catchment area of Olona instead measures 370 km². Any hydrographic engineers describe the Olona and the Lambro Meridionale as a single stream that flows into the Lambro at Sant'Angelo Lodigiano and which has an overall length of 121 km (75 mi). One of

1617-747: The Milanese countryside: this passage had to be closed and strenuously defended to prevent the attack on Milan. For this reason, in Legnano, the Castle Visconteo was later built on a natural island of Olona river. Varese Varese ( UK : / v ə ˈ r eɪ z eɪ , - z i / və- RAY -zay, -⁠zee , US : / v ɑː ˈ r eɪ s eɪ / var- AY -say ; Italian: [vaˈreːze] or [vaˈreːse] ; Varesino : Varés [ʋaˈreːs] ; Latin : Baretium ; archaic German : Väris )

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1694-478: The Po Valley . Once there was also another natural branch which was indicated by the name of Olonella and which crossed Legnano passing behind the basilica of San Magno . The natural island that was formed by the two branches of the river was known as "Archbishop Braida". This legnanese branch was buried in the first part of the 20th century. After crossing San Lorenzo ( fraction of Parabiago ) and Nerviano ,

1771-752: The Quadronna , the Selvagna , the Mornaga , the Riale delle Selve and the Tenore . In Gorla Minore the river branches off into the Olonella , which joins the main riverbed after 1200 m. In this stretch, many artificial canals are born in the service of agriculture and of the industries that re-enter the Olona before Castellanza . After passing Castellanza, the waterway leaves the Valle Olona and heads towards

1848-405: The archbishop of Milan Theodorus II , "Aurona" (or "Orona"). In the latter case, the opposite has also been hypothesized, namely that the name of the monastery derives from the name of the river. Other toponyms that were used during the history to refer to the Olona are Ollona (appeared in a document dated 737 AD ), Oleunda (1033), Orona (mid-16th century) and Olonna (reported in 1688 on

1925-611: The cattle station of the railways that stood there was built the Solari Park. The remaining part of the Darsena branch, and the canalized section along the ring road, were instead covered between 1950 and 1970. With the passing of the years, and with the increasing pollution of the river, the sluice of piazza Tripoli was not maneuvered only to divert the flow of water during the dry of the Navigli: at first it considerably reduced

2002-530: The homonymy with another Olona, who was born in Bornasco and flows into the Po after having crossed the Province of Pavia . This second Olona, in turn, is designated as "inferior" or "southern". The homonymy is not of imitative or etymological origin, but it is due to the fact that originally it was two trunks of the same river, diverted by the ancient Romans in its upper stretch towards Milan to bring water to

2079-461: The 13th century BC were identified that are referable to the recent Bronze Age The culture of Canegrate, which has an importance that goes beyond local boundaries, developed up to the Iron Age . The chronologically later furnishings, two bronze spearheads linked to the archaic Golasecca culture and always found in Legnano, date back to between the 9th and 8th centuries BC (early Iron Age). Along

2156-563: The 17th century) and Villa Mirabello. Villa Mirabello, the seat of Museo Civico Archeologico (Civic Archaeological Museum), was built in the late 600s on the top of the hill which carries its name. This site is surrounded by a park which is set close to the park of Palazzo Estense. In addition to numerous public parks of the city, often appurtenances of historic villas, there is the Park Luigi Zanzi in Schiranna, established in

2233-553: The Darsena was maintained. The detour to the latter took place in Piazza Tripoli : here there was a lock that diverted the river by Via Roncaglia , starting what was called the "Darsena branch". In the two dry periods of the Navigli annual, the sluice was maneuvered in such a way as to completely close the Darsena branch causing the entire flow of the Olona water to flow into Lambro Meridionale. The Lambro Meridionale, which at

2310-532: The EU's Joint Research Centre in nearby Ispra ) and its location (proximity to Milan makes it an ideal place for the latter city's workers). This town has been known since the Early Middle Ages when it became officially a municipality . The population by 1848 was about 4000. In 1859, Giuseppe Garibaldi confronted Austrian forces led by Field Marshal-Lieutenant Carl Baron Urban near Varese. Also, it

2387-483: The Hill of Miogni. The city also looks over Lake Varese . Varese's winters are not significantly affected by the proximity of Lago Maggiore and the minor lakes surrounding it. In late autumn and winter, temperatures frequently fall below zero Celsius, even if just by a few degrees. This differentiates it from areas south of the city. As in other cities in the foothills of Lombardy, fog is an infrequent phenomenon. Varese

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2464-608: The Olona river receives its two main tributaries, the Bozzente and the Lura , at Rho . In Rho there is also the "deviator of the Olona", completed in the 1980s, which flows into Lambro Meridionale . This work has always been a source of controversy: on the one hand it has not avoided all the floods as it was designed and, on the other hand, it carries polluted water towards the Ticino . In November 2002, in particular climatic conditions,

2541-459: The Olona were also discovered other finds that belong to the Golasecca culture; these furnishings, which are more recent than those previously mentioned, date back to the 6th-5th century BC. The archaeological findings found along the Olona then become more and more frequent as they approach the ancient Roman conquest of the Po valley . Among them, numerous finds stand out which are connected to

2618-615: The Olona, the Seveso , the spillway and the Ticino overflowed. From Lucernate (fraction of Rho) onwards the river no longer flows into the natural riverbed, but follows the path deviated by the ancient Romans towards the Bozzente. Entering Pero , after an initial stretch still outdoors, the Olona begins to flow under the road surface and reaches Milan by first crossing the Gallaratese , Lampugnano and QT8 districts, where it collects

2695-875: The Prealpino Geophysical Centre. The village which is in the middle of the mountain is called Santa Maria del Monte because of the medieval sanctuary, which is reached through the avenue of the chapels of the Sacred Mountain. Varese is situated on seven hills: the San Pedrino Hill, the Giubiano Hill, the Campigli Hill, the Sant'Albino Hill, the Biumo Superiore Hill, Colle di Montalbano (Villa Mirabello) and

2772-488: The Valle Olona connecting Milan to the northwest of Lombardy . The Olona river maintained its strategic importance for another reason over the centuries: the river was a precious source of provisioning due to the presence, along its course, of numerous water mills . The latter continued to be strategic even in the following centuries thanks to their use for agricultural purposes. In fact, the ground wheat in these mills provided food for tens of thousands of inhabitants. In 1176

2849-425: The Valle Olona was - already in antiquity - a significant communication route. The water of the Olona have been used for centuries by the local population to irrigate the fields , for fishing , for the breeding of livestock , to move the wheels of water mills and, with the industrialization of its banks, to operate the hydraulic turbines serving the establishments. The oldest prehistoric finds found in

2926-596: The Verbanus Lacus ( Lake Maggiore ), and from here to the Simplon Pass (lat. Summo Plano ). The stretch of river that followed this road was channeled: there are those who hypothesize that it was this work that promoted the deviation of the Olona towards Milan. The road built by the ancient Romans along the river kept its strategic importance even in the Middle Ages . This transit route always came from

3003-531: The ancient Romans extended and enlarged the Vetra canal towards the aforementioned Pudiga natural meander so as to also collect the Olona water. With the deviation of the Olona towards the wall of the city, the water continuity of the ancient bed of the Pudiga disappeared, whose southern section (the future "Lambro Meridionale") was intercepted remaining devoid of clean water, which came from the north, thus becoming in

3080-412: The ancient natural beds of two streams , Bozzente and Pudiga . Before the deviation of the Olona towards Milan the Pudiga stream, after having lapped on the western side of the city, continued south following its natural bed, corresponding to what is now called Lambro Meridionale , which ended its course, like the ancient Pudiga, in the Lambro near Sant'Angelo Lodigiano . Originally, at the height of

3157-427: The area - to be one of its main attractions. It is a very diverse place showing aspects of extreme interest, related both to the natural environment, both in history and culture, referring to a past full of events and traditions. There are small farming villages, monuments of rare beauty, cave systems and articulated a well-maintained network of trails: some passable, as well as on foot, on horseback and on bicycle. Inside

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3234-527: The areas around the natural Olona riverbed are bos primigenius bones dating back to the Würm glaciation . Unearthed in Legnano in the locality of Costa San Giorgio, they are kept in the Museo civico Guido Sutermeister . As for the presence of man , the oldest finds discovered around the river have been found in the area of the springs . The Lake Varese was in fact frequented, between 4300 BC and 800 BC, from

3311-526: The avenues of the ring road bypass. The path under the ring road, which was designed for the first time on the General Plan of Milan in 1884 (the so-called Piano Beruto ), was channeled in the first two decades of the 20th century and covered in a period from 1950 to 1970. At the exit from this covered stretch, after passing under the Naviglio Grande , the Olona ends its course flowing into

3388-467: The banks of the river were theater of the decisive phases of the battle of Legnano . The Carroccio , escorted by hundreds of knights, was placed along an escarpment flanking the Olona with the aim of having a natural defense on at least one side. The decision to place the Carroccio in Legnano was not fortuitous. At the time the village of Milan represented, for those coming from the north, the gateway to

3465-590: The branch of Valganna is increased by four torrents (the Margorabbia, Valfredda, Valpissavacca and Pedana della Madonna). The Valganna branch also gives rise to the Fonteviva lake, dedicated to sport fishing , and to the Valganna waterfalls , which in winter, due to the harsh climate, are often frozen. They are found in the municipality of Induno Olona and are close to the famous and homonymous caves . On

3542-512: The capital is electrified. The city is served by three railway stations: - Varese FS, managed by Centostazioni and RFI SpA, Ferrovie Dello Stato Group: it is the first/last station of Suburban Line S5 of Milan Varese-Treviglio via Milan (operated by ATM - Trenord ) and runs a high-frequency train to Milan and Porto Ceresio , toward Switzerland (operated by Trenord ). In addition, Varese FS provides direct trains to Malpensa Airport , Como, Mendrisio and Lugano (Switzerland). - Varese Nord (in

3619-463: The city centre) and Varese Casbeno (in the neighbourhood of Casbeno), managed by FerrovieNord on Milan Cadorna- Saronno -Varese-Laveno line: train service is operated by Trenord . The city has both an extensive city bus network (12 lines + 3 lines in the urban area) operated by Autolinee Varesine, and suburban bus services. International bus services are operated by Swiss Post Bus of line 523 that link Varese to Lugano and Mendrisio . In Varese there

3696-462: The city of Mediolanum then, from the 12th century, in the defensive moat around the medieval walls and later (1603) in the Darsena of Porta Ticinese . In particular Olona river, during the Middle Ages , flowed into the moat of medieval defensive walls of the city in correspondence of the modern Piazza della Resistenza Partigiana , while in ancient Roman times it continued the city route reaching

3773-437: The connection system of the city of Varese is powered by a lot of little streets and a double rail network and by 74,000 of high mobility. In particular, the major movements are incoming into Varese. In the average weekday over 113,000 vehicles enter Varese. The most used form of transportation in Varese is the private vehicle, followed by the local public transport. The A8 motorway connects Varese with Milan. The city has also

3850-493: The crisis of the 3rd century AD , when a dramatic decline occurred. In Roman times, the shores of the Olona assumed significant importance due to their strategic position with respect to the communication routes between the Po valley and the Alps . In the 1st century AD, along the route drawn by the course of the river, an ancient Roman road was built, the via Severiana Augusta , which connected Mediolanum (modern Milan ) with

3927-410: The derivation of the Canale Ticinello , we arrive then a little further south, in the territory of Lacchiarella , where the Colombana and Carona irrigation channels bring water to the irrigation network giving rise to the Roggione . The Roggione, when at the Settimo di Bornasco receives the Olonetta canal, changes its name to lower or Olona . The Olonetta, together with the Misana canal, comes from

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4004-424: The exit of its underground route, it flows into the Lambro Meridionale , that flows into the Lambro at Sant'Angelo Lodigiano , in the quartier of San Cristoforo ending its course. Along the way, the water system formed by the Olona and the Lambro Meridionale crosses or laps 45 towns receiving the water of 19 tributaries . The Olona is known for the waterfalls and caves of Valganna and for having been one of

4081-411: The flow of the Darsena branch and, at the end of the 1980s, it was resetted for "hydrogeological risk and danger of pollution" of the Darsena and the water that came out for irrigation or navigation purposes. There are three hypotheses on the origin of the toponym Olona . The first supposes that the name of the river is connected to the Celtic root Ol- , which means "large", "valid" in reference to

4158-440: The footwear industry. Symbols The coat of arms of the City of Varese dates back to around 1347. On the wooden cover of the double copy of the Burgi et Castellatiae de Varisio Statutes, preserved in the municipal archive, the oldest example of a civic coat of arms is depicted: "silver Samnite shield. with two corners of red, right and left on the head; all around closed by a black band". The effigy of San Vittore has no crown. It

4235-483: The inhabited center of Milan, the Pudiga made a wide bend towards the east, which led it to touch the city at the height of the modern Piazza Vetra , near the natural and ancient bed of the Nirone stream, and then bend towards the south following the bed of the modern Lambro Meridionale. Originally, on its hydrographic left, the Pudiga, in place of the Olona, received the Bozzente stream. The Bozzente originally had in fact an autonomous natural bed that led him to collect

4312-440: The inhabited centers located on the hills overlooking the river bed, the so-called pianalti . The slopes are mostly covered with woods , while in the valley bottom there are cultivated areas, meadows and heaths . The main tributary on Olona in the province of Varese is the Bevera ; other important tributaries of this stretch of the river are the Vellone , the Gaggiolo (also called Rio Lanza , Ranza , Anza or Clivio ),

4389-415: The moat of the defensive walls of the city. The principal source of the Olona is in the Fornaci della Riana locality, at the Rasa of Varese , part of the homonymous provincial capital , at the Sacro Monte di Varese , within the Campo dei Fiori regional park. The Fornaci della Riana owe their name to some ancient limestone furnaces that remained active until 1972. In addition to the main source,

4466-415: The modern Piazza Vetra , where it poured its water into the moat of Roman walls thanks to the homonymous canal, the Canale Vetra . The Cerchia dei Navigli then originated from the medieval moat of walls, while the two branches of the Roman moat became the Grande Sevese and the Piccolo Sevese , two canals still existing today in the Milan underground. The Milanese stretch of the Olona corresponds to

4543-419: The most polluted rivers in Italy. The valley carved by the river, thanks to the system of water wheels that exploited the driving force originated by the water, was one of the cradles of Italian industrialization . The Olona river consortium (it. Consorzio del fiume Olona ), that is founded in 1606, is the oldest irrigation consortium in Italy. The river is sometimes also referred to as "northern Olona" for

4620-452: The most important studies on hydrography of Milan was carried out by engineer Felice Poggi. In 1911 Poggi affirmed that the two Olona, the one that flows into the Lambro Meridionale and the stream that flows into the Po at San Zenone al Po , constituted until the first years of the Common Era a single river that had a total length of 120 km (75 mi). This hypothesis has also been confirmed by subsequent studies. The place where

4697-407: The neighboring towns of Cesano Boscone, Corsico and Trezzano sul Naviglio, all three of which rise on the Naviglio Grande , it is possible to identify two waterways that could flow - towards the south - into the ancient natural riverbed of the Olona to Binasco : at Trezzano sul Naviglio and Cesano Boscone would be the Belgioioso canal, while in Corsico would be the Vecchia roggia. From Binasco, with

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4774-451: The one located at the Varrò pass, join upstream from the inhabited area of the Rasa di Varese, while the spring that flows from Monte Chiusarella flows into the Olona downstream. The branch of the Valganna, which is located to the east, was born instead south of Monte Martica . The branch of the Rasa is fed by seven small tributaries (more precisely, the torrents Legnone, Grassi, Boccaccia, Brasché, Pissabò, Valle del Forno and Sesnini), while

4851-443: The park are established six nature reserves enclosing environments most important and characteristic. The economy of Varese is mainly based on industry and, to a lesser extent, specialized agriculture; some famous Varese-based firms are: and many more as it is one of the most industrialised areas in Northern Italy. Varese is close to Malpensa International Airport , which serves the international traffic of Milan, Italy . Varese

4928-451: The river also flows from five other small springs, two in Val di Rasa and three in Valganna ; these springs give rise to two branches joining downstream from Bregazzana ( fraction of Varese). The branch that is born to the west, in Val di Rasa, is the most important; the two springs that originate this waterway are located at the Varrò pass (between Monte Legnone and Monte Pizzella ) and on Monte Chiusarella . The main source, and

5005-485: The river was diverted to Milan by the ancient Romans is Lucernate, a fraction of Rho . From here, to find the ancient bed of the Olona following the minimum undulations and the very small altimetric variations of the terrain, we arrive at Cascina Olona (a locality of Settimo Milanese ; the toponym is indicative), in Baggio and in Corsico , with a possible variant that from Settimo Milanese would lead to Muggiano and Trezzano sul Naviglio (or Cesano Boscone ). In

5082-425: The sixties through a partial filling of the coast of Lake Varese . It is a large botanical garden located on the banks of Lake Varese, rich in numerous species of trees and birdlife that is partially sheltered in the reeds along the banks. Bathing beach in the summer, the park also offers the possibility of peaceful walks and cycling on the bike path. Close to the city of Varese is the Campo dei Fiori Regional Park ,

5159-410: The southern Olona. The reconnection of the two Olona is being planned with the construction of an artificial riverbed that would resume the ancient course of the river. Until ancient Roman times, at La Maddalena , today's quartier of Milan, the Olona was diverted towards the city with the aim of bringing water to it: in ancient Roman times it flowed into the moat of the republican defensive walls of

5236-480: The three varesinian valleys: the Valganna , Valcuvia  [ it ] and Valceresio  [ it ] . Varese has been home to numerous cyclists, including: Varese is known for the basketball team Pallacanestro Varese which played 10 FIBA European Champions Cup finals in a row between 1970 and 1979, winning five titles. Two UCI Road World Championships were held in Varese, in 1951 and 2008 . Other sports teams based in Varese include: Varese

5313-444: The time was a veritable sewer collector, was also known as "Lambro Merdario" (en. "Shiter Lambro"). The new channeled route, which was also envisaged by the Beruto Plan of 1884, the first regulatory plan of Milan, did not come into operation until the early 1930s. The first covering carried out in Milan on the course of the Olona occurred in 1935 on part of the Darsena branch (from Via Valparaiso to Viale Coni Zugna ), when instead of

5390-430: The use of its water. The second conjecture hypothesizes that the name derives from the ancient Greek "oros" (ὄρος), which means "relief", "mountain". The last hypothesis supposes instead that the toponym of the water course is connected to a Milanese monastery founded in the 8th century that was known as Aurona . The latter name perhaps derives, in turn, from the name of the founder of the convent, as well as sister of

5467-436: The water of the Lura stream and the Merlata stream and then flow into the Pudiga. As already mentioned, it was the ancient Romans who diverted the Olona to Lucernate, a quartier of Rho, in the bed of Bozzente and then to the Pudiga riverbed. The Milanese stretch of the Olona therefore corresponds to the ancient natural beds of Bozzente and Pudiga. The new artificial riverbed of the Olona was then excavated from scratch only for

5544-655: The water of the Merlata river (also called Fugone ), to then skirt the southern slope of Monte Stella . Once in Piazza Stuparich it receives the confluence of the Pudiga (known as Mussa in his Milanese section). Merlata and Pudiga are the water collectors that come from the area north of Milan, the so-called "groane". The Olona then runs along the Lampugnano and San Siro districts, and then continues under

5621-417: The waterfalls, which were artificially created at the beginning of the 20th century to improve water withdrawal, one can admire the phenomenon of travertine surfacing. After the initial stretch, the river begins to travel the valley of the same name, the Valle Olona . This valley originated from the Olona and the retreat of the glaciers during the last ice age ; it looks like a valley deeply engraved with

5698-470: Was founded, a multi-sports club in Milan, winner of an Italian men's water polo championship, based in the Darsena of Porta Ticinese. In 1919, as part of the complex hydrophobic revision of Milan, the channels of the current Olona route began to be built, which involved the deviation of part of the river's water towards the Lambro Meridionale passing through the outer ring road . However, the branch that led to

5775-415: Was here where Alessandro Marchetti 's Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 made his first test flights. In the 20th century, thanks to the increase in population and to the improvement of its economy, the dimensions of this urban centre rose. During the 20th century, its economy flourished quickly, mainly in manufacturing, in the mechanical and electromechanical industry and textile industry . Varese was well known for

5852-628: Was made in the Copper Age and that can be connected to the Remedello culture . It was found during construction work on the Bustese highway 527 in the "Paradiso" quartier of Castellanza. This furniture is also kept in the Museo civico Guido Sutermeister. Further down the valley, archaeological finds belonging to Canegrate culture have been discovered. During the excavations, 165 tombs dating from

5929-419: Was then buried at the end of the 19th century before the river was channeled. The so-called "Brera island", which was located between the present-day Via George Washington and Via Vincenzo Foppa , had a longer life. Originated from another fork in the river, it took its name from the homonymous farmhouse that once stood there. It is still marked in a paper from 1925. In this context, in 1894, Canottieri Olona

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