Domaso

Domaso (Comasco: Dumàs [duˈmaːs]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Milan and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Como. As of 9 October 2011, it had a population of 1,455[3] and an area of 6.1 km².[4]

Domaso
Dumàs (Lombard)
Comune
Comune di Domaso
Location of Domaso
Domaso is located in Italy
Domaso
Domaso
Location of Domaso in Italy
Domaso is located in Lombardy
Domaso
Domaso
Domaso (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 46°9′N 9°20′E
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceProvince of Como (CO)
Area
[1]
 • Total6.1 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Population
 (Dec. 2004)[2]
 • Total1,461
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
DemonymDomasini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
22013
Dialing code0344
Domaso Beach

Domaso borders the following municipalities: Colico, Gravedona, Livo, Peglio, Vercana.

History

Between 1634 and 1640 the governor and philanthropist Louis Paniza, maternal ancestor of the collaborator of the Founding Fathers of the United States Luis de Unzaga, rebuilt the Church of Saint Bartholomew, the convent and in that church he built a chapel where he had two schools also founded, with the salaries of their respective teachers.[5]

Demographic evolution

At the CARIPLO Bank of Domaso were kept the secret documents taken from Benito Mussolini on 27 April 1945. They were put there by the Partisan Pedro and Horfman a Swiss-British double agent. Winston Churchill visited there, looking for some of the missing documents on 7 September 1945 and went to have a tea with the bank's manager Ermanno Gibezzi. He had it in his home, ignoring that he had been recently appointed there. The real director that had seen the documents, Luigi Rumi, had retired a few weeks before.

References
  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. Domaso Population in 2011
  4. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  5. Cazorla, Frank. The Governor Louis de Unzaga (1717-1793), Forerunner in the birth of the United States and liberalism, Foundation, Malaga, 2019, pages 6-23
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