ABBIATEGRASSO

'Abbiategrasso' is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Milan, Italian region of Lombardy, situated in the Po valley approximately 22 km from Milan and 38 km from Pavia.

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History

Twin towns

People born in Abbiategrasso

External links

History

The town dates from Roman times. Its name indicates that it was part of a territory known as ''the fat valley'': a document of 1304 referring to the ''Habiate qui dicitur Grasso'', a title which gradually became transformed into Abbiategrasso.
On April 30, 1524, the famed knight Pierre Terrail was fatally wounded by an arquebus ball in Abbiategrasso whilst defending the retreat of the French army from Italy.

Twin towns

Abbiategrasso is twinned with the following towns:

★ Ellwangen, Germany

★ Langres, France

★ Beaconsfield, United Kingdom

People born in Abbiategrasso

★ Christian Abbiati, footballer

★ Franco Moschino, designer

★ Marco Villa, road and track cyclist

External links

★ Official site