The toponym refers to thecastellanze (plural form, singularcastellanza), defensive territorial unities who rose around castles and other strong points in the then county ofSeprio. TheOlona river divides Castellanza in the two main boroughs of Castellanza proper and Castegnate. The town is renowned for its in 1991 founded privateUniversity Carlo Cattaneo (also known as LIUC).[3]The main church of the city is theChurch of San Giulio, Castellanza which is located inPaolo VI Square.
The town has a population of approximately 15,000 inhabitants, more precisely 14,516 in 2019,[4] and since the late nineteenth century has been one of the main industrial centres in the province of Varese. With the beautiful backdrop of the Alps and the famous Italian lakesLago Maggiore andLago di Como, the province of Varese is also home to 23,000 manufacturing and craft industries that export over 30% of their products worldwide and generate employment to approximately 175,000 people.
Castellanza received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on January 4, 1974.
The coat of arms of the municipality represents the union of the two nuclei that formed the city. On the left is a tower, which symbolizes the Castle (Castellanza); on the right a chestnut tree which symbolizes Castegnate. At the time of the attribution of the title of City (1974), the turreted crown, the symbol of the city, was added to the coat of arms surmounted by the crown of the Municipality. The two-crowned coat of arms was later replaced by the one-crowned one.[5]
The "Enzo Pagani" Museum of Modern Art, which has 650 works of art - Due to a lack of public funding, the Pagani family was unable to continue to meet the costs of management and the museum has been closed since 2013,
theUniversity Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC), which was born on the remains of the city's old industrial buildings,
the Brambilla-Carminati palace, building from 1789, where the town hall is located.
The local football clubUSD Castellanzese was founded in 1921. The colours of the team are green and black, which are also used by Venice football club. The venue for internal competitions is the municipal stadium Giovanni Provasi, established in the 1930s.[6]
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