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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 221 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SARONNO  , a

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town of
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Lombardy,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Milan, from which
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city it is distant 13 M . N.N.W. by
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rail . Pop . (1901) 8729 (town), 9533 (
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commune) . The
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pilgrimage
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church of the Madonna dei Miracoli, begun in 1498 by Vincenzo dell' Orto, has a
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dome of
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rich
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architecture externally; the campanile
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dates from 1516, the
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rest of the church is later . Internally it is decorated with
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fine frescoes by Gaudenzio
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Ferrari, representing a
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concert of angels, while those in the
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choir are by Bernardino
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Luini and are among his finest
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works (see F . Malaguzzi Valeri in Rassegna d'arte, 1904, 69) . The
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place is well known for its gingerbread (amaretti) and is also a manufacturing town . It is situated on one of the lines (Ferrovia
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Nord) from Milan to
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Como, and has
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branch lines to Seregno, Busto Arsizio and
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Varese .

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