Seveso

Seveso is a town with 22,975 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the province of Monza and Brianza in Lombardy region.

Through the town of Seveso river that crosses the municipality in north-south direction to flow.

Geography

The city is located 21 km north of Milan on the main road Giovi that connects Milan to Como and the Como - Milan and Turin - Venice motorway. It is also connected by the railway company Ferrovie Nord Milano to the railway network.

The more rural territory bordered on the north by the municipalities Barlassina, Meda and Seregno, to the south by Cesano Maderno.

History

The origins of the Seveso go back to the Gallo- Roman period to the third century BC counter 780, the monastery was founded by Meda, whose jurisdiction is extended also to the territory of Seveso. 1252 Peter church ( S. Pietro Martire ) was built, this marked the starting point of the independent development of the city.

In the 16th century, the city of two famine and a plague epidemic ( 1524 and 1576 ) was haunted. During the 17th century it was directed by several families ( including the family Arese ), which important monuments left behind. 1798 commanded the prince Giuseppe II the Dominicans to abandon the monastery. The union of the Kingdom of Italy, the territory of Barlassina came to Seveso; the population rejected this decision, since 1901, the two communities are separated again.

Environmental disaster

On 10 July 1976, in the city dioxin accident, which became known as Sevesounglück occurred. The name stands since one of the biggest environmental disasters in Europe and was the starting point for the Directive 96/82/EC (Seveso II Directive ).

Economy

The city's economy is traditionally associated with the furniture industry in context. Other industrial sectors in Seveso, the mechanical industry and the production of construction, distribution materials.