Casatenovo, Italian comune
Casatenovo is a small town in the Province of Lecco in Lombardy surrounded by green fields and forests. The settlement comprises six different districts and contains several historic churches, including San Giorgio with Baroque style and neoclassical features, as well as Villa Casati-Facchi, an 18th century manor house now serving as the town library.
The history of Casatenovo stretches back over 1000 years when people first built farms and houses here, with the area shaped by noble families. The medieval Cascina Rancate from the 13th century and the villas built later show how the place developed from a rural settlement into a location where nobility and farmers lived side by side.
The name Casatenovo comes from Latin and means "new house", reflecting its early settlement origins. The village layout with narrow streets, old farmhouses, and maintained estates shows how farming and noble families shaped daily life here for centuries.
The town is easily reached by car from Milan or Lecco, but without its own train station, visitors can take buses to the nearby Besana in Brianza station. Several bus lines such as D48 and D80 regularly connect the town to larger surrounding cities.
An old aqueduct from the early 1800s carries water from springs near Brugora to Villa Gernetto in Lesmo and still shows the engineering work of earlier generations. The Pegorino springs at the forest edge are a quiet spot where locals have collected water and rested in nature for centuries.
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