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What to do and see in Castiglione Olona, Lombardy: The Best Sights & Landmarks
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1. Piazzetta del Padreterno
2. Corte del Doro
3. Castiglione Olona
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The ancient village was born more than 1000 years ago around the hill where used to be the castle ( today you can admire the Collegiata ), at the foot of the hill the river Olona flows. The origin of the town can be found during Romans. The village we can admire today is a creation of the Cardinal Brada Castiglione (1350-1443) who rebuild the village tanks to architects, sculptors and painters coming from Florence. Many frescoes was done by Masolino da Panicale
4. Museo della Collegiata di Castiglione Olona
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The most important monument founded by Branda is the Collegiate church, built on the top of the upper hill of the village, on the site of the ancient castle, which remains of the entrance portal are still visible. The church and the Baptistery are part of the Collegiate Museum. Both have been decorated by Masolino da Panicale, one of the most important painters in Florence at the time of the transition from International Gothic to Renaissance. Lorenzo di Pietro called "il Vecchietta" and Paolo Schiavo worked with him in the Collegiate apse. But Masolino left in Castiglione his masterpiece: the frescoes of the Baptistery, with their fascinating fusion of landscapes and architectures, religious history and Renaissance setting, make the chapel, painted in every centimetre, one of the best achievements of the early Italian Renaissance.
5. Palazzo Branda
6. Chiesa della Madonna in Campagna
7. Palazzo dei Famigliari del Cardinal Branda
8. Chiesa Santa Croce
9. Collegiata
10. Chiesa del SS. Corpo di Cristo detta di Villa
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