A PROVINCE TO BE EXPLORED - Visita Milano

Carate Brianza
Municipal website: www.comune.caratebrianza.mi.it
Pro Loco Carate Brianza: via General Cantore 6. Tel.: 0362990470
Fax: 0362906487. Distance from Monza: 12 km
Distance from Milan: km 29. Map reference: C 4
The Basilica of Ss. Pietro e Paolo in Agliate
Getting there
By car , Carate Brianza can be reached
from Milan along viale Fulvio Testi by following
the signs for Monza (SS36 road)
and then heading on towards Lecco;
Carate Brianza exit; from Lecco, along the
SS36 motorway, from Milan via Monza to
Lecco, heading towards Milan and taking
the Carate Brianza exit; from the A4 motorway
(Venice-Milan-Turin), taking the
Cinisello Balsamo, then viale Fulvio Testi
and then following the directions above.
By train, FS railway line, Sesto S. Giovanni-Monza-Molteno-Lecco
(Carate-Calò
Nativity scene
in the basilica
For 20 years, it has been
custom for a Nativity P lay
to be held in the basilica in
Agliate. On 26 December,
there is a charming performance,
involving two
hundred people, of the
birth of Jesus.
The site where Carate Brianza lies is traditionally
known as one of the favoured locations of Queen
Theodolinda during the period of L ombard domination.
There is evidence of Roman-era settlement,
from finds made near Realdino, as well as some even
earlier traces, namely, the semi-circular hollows dug
into a large mass in the small Brovada valley (called
“coppelle”). There is evidence, from the 10th centustation);
FS railway line, Milano-Monza-
Como (Seregno station), then bus AGI
Brianza Trasporti Nord Est 32 Brianza
Trasporti z233 Seregno (train station)-Albiate-Triuggio,
Carate Brianza stop.
By bus, from Milan: from the Sesto metro
stop (M1), bus AGI Brianza Trasporti Nord
Est 32 Brianza T rasporti z221 towards
Mariano Comense, Carate Brianza stop;
from Monza: from Monza train station
(FS), bus AGI Brianza Trasporti Nord Est
32 Brianza Trasporti z221 towards Mariano
Comense, Carate Brianza stop.
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