Religious architectures

The bell tower and the church of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Zeno

The bell tower of Cassano d'Adda was commissioned by Beatrice Regina della Scala in 1381, in a period which was marked by the passage from the Lombard Romanesque style to the Gothic one. The bell tower is 42 meters high and represents a national monument. It originally served also as a lookout post on Gera d'Adda: that is the reason why it was open at the top. In 1861, the parish Don Milani equipped the tower with the current complex of eight bells.

The church of Saint Anthony

It houses some of Legnanino's paintings and the wooden altar of Friar Francis of Cedrate.

The church of Saint Denis

With frescoes by Fiamminghini and Cinisello.

Civil buildings

Cornaggia-Medici Palace

It houses the town hall.

Berva Palace

It is a nineteenth-century architecture with its façade looking on the Belvedere. According to the Status Animarum, it seems that the palace had not been built yet in 1833, even though the Berva family had already bought the lands. It is one of the most majestic architectures of the town. On the opposite side of the Belvedere, the palace borders with the block of flats built into the Lega Lombarda square; one can even access Saint Denis square through a courtyard and, therefore, Vittorio Veneto street. It currently houses the headquarters of the local band, of the ALS, of the ANA (the Italian association of alpine soldiers) and hosts several cultural and artistic initiatives. The first floor of the palace is decorated with refined frescoes.

Villa Brambilla

It is one of the oldest palaces of Cassano d'Adda which was commissioned by don Matteo Rosales, the marquis of Castelleone, in the second half of the 17th century. During the following century, it was transformed into a noble holiday residence by the Milanese aristocrat Giuseppe Pezzoli. Based on a simple map, it consists of a single block with an elongated linear development of almost 50 meters. Its back on Verdi street is flat and lacking ornaments, while the façade looking on the Muzza displays decorations and ornamental motifs in the Rococo style.

Military buildings

Others

The Dolphin Fountain

It was created in the Fascist era and is now located in Garibaldi square. It was accurately restored in 1996, the year during which two statues representing the Adda river and the Muzza canal were placed on the two sides of the Dolphin in the place of the two terracotta amphorae.

The portal of the Ricetto

In 1764, the attorney general of the fiefdom of Cassano had the old portal, which led into the Ricetto (the old remains of the bridge that allowed the entrance to the castle area), demolished and had the grand door with the emblem of the Bonelli family constructed. The project satisfies the mentality according to which one should open the indoors of the Medieval walls, to open the villages and accommodate new constructions. Like this, Cassano moved the axes of the regulatory plan from the castle to the highway that leads to Milan. It was carefully restored in 2002.

Districts and localities

In addition to the main centre, Cassano d'Adda comprises:

• Groppello d'Adda, in the North, towards Vaprio d'Adda and Trezzo sull'Adda.

Other three districts and localities beyond the Adda river, which means in the East of the main centre:

• Cascate, between the Adda river and the Highway 11;
• Cascine San Pietro, in the South-East towards Casirate d'Adda;
• Taranta, in the North-East, towards Treviglio.

Groppello d'Adda and Cascine San Pietro are districts, while Cascate and Taranta localities.