Vaprio d'Adda

Vaprio d' Adda is a municipality with 8407 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the Province of Milan, Lombardy region.

The nearby towns of Vaprio d' Adda are Trezzo sull'Adda, Capriate San Gervasio (BG), Grezzago, Canonica d' Adda (BG), Pozzo d' Adda, Cassano d' Adda and Fara Gera d' Adda (BG).

Arts and Culture

Structures

  • Ruins of the late Romanesque church of San Bernardino
  • Romanesque church of San Colombano (12th century)
  • Palazzo Trezzo (Villa Melzi ), in which Leonardo da Vinci lived temporarily and in a fresco of the Madonna is, which is attributed to him or his school.

Demography

Vaprio d' Adda is one of 2,875 households. Between 1991 and 2001 the population increased from 6,139 to 6,636. This represents a percentage increase of 8.1%.

Personalities

  • Francesco Melzi ( about 1491/92- 1570 ), Italian painter, pupil and principal heir of Leonardo da Vinci.
  • Alberto Pirovano (1884-1973), Italian Pomologe.
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