Editing Legnano (section)

{{About|the city in Lombardy|other uses|Legnano (disambiguation)}}
{{Distinguish|Legnago|Legnaro}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Legnano
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| native_name         = {{native name|lmo|Legnàn}}
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| image_skyline       = Legnano S Magno.jpg
| image_caption       = [[Basilica of San Magno, Legnano|Basilica of San Magno]]
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| image_shield        = Legnano-Stemma.svg
| shield_size         = 85px
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| map                 = Map of comune of Legnano (province of Milan, region Lombardy, Italy).svg
| map_caption         = Legnano within the Province of Milan
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| coordinates         = {{coord|45|34|41|N|08|55|06|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| region              = [[Lombardy]]
| metropolitan_city   = [[Metropolitan City of Milan|Milan]] (MI)
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| frazioni            = 
| mayor               = Lorenzo Radice
| mayor_party         = Democratic Party
| area_total_km2      = 17
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| elevation_m         = 199
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| population_total    = 60282
| population_as_of    = 30 November 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_demonym  = Legnanesi
| postal_code         = 20025
| area_code           = 0331
| istat               = 
| saint               = [[Magnus (bishop of Milan)|St. Magnus]]
| day                 = 5 November
| website             = {{official website|http://www.legnano.org}}
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'''Legnano''' ({{IPA|it|leɲˈɲaːno}};{{sfn|Canepari|2009}} {{Langx|lmo|label=[[Legnanese dialect|Legnanese]]|Legnàn}} or ''Lignàn''){{efn|''Legnàn'' has more cultured origins, while ''Lignàn'' is the most popular version: this distinction, however, has disappeared during the 20th century, and now the only diction used is the first{{sfn|D'Ilario|Gianazza|Marinoni|Turri|1984|p=19}}}} is a town and ''[[comune]]'' (municipality) in the [[Metropolitan City of Milan|province of Milan]], about {{convert|20|km|mi}} from central [[Milan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Legnano|url=http://www.promocomune.it/schedacomune.php?id_comune=15118&sez=territorio&init=|website=promocomune.it|language=it|access-date=8 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210023626/http://www.promocomune.it/schedacomune.php?id_comune=15118&sez=territorio&init=|archive-date=10 February 2012}}</ref> With 60,259, it is the thirteenth-most populous township in [[Lombardy]]. Legnano is located in the [[Alto Milanese]] and is crossed by the [[Olona]] River.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lista principali città della Regione Lombardia|url=http://www.comuni-italiani.it/03/lista.html|language=it|access-date=8 May 2014|website=comuni-italiani.it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925041510/http://www.comuni-italiani.it/03/lista.html|archive-date=25 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[history of Legnano]] and its municipal area has been traced back to the [[1st millennium BC]] via archaeological evidence.{{sfn|Di Maio|1998|p=85}} Already in remote times, in fact, the hills that line the Olona had proved to be habitable places.<ref name="istituzionale">{{cite web|url=http://www.legnano.org/default.cfm?docs=profilo%2Fstorico.htm|title=Profilo storico|language=it|publisher=legnano.org|access-date=8 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417163728/http://www.legnano.org/default.cfm?docs=profilo%2Fstorico.htm|archive-date=17 April 2007}}</ref> The town was established in 1261.{{sfn|Vv.Aa.|2015|p=22}}

Because of the historic [[Battle of Legnano|victory of the Lombard League over Frederick Barbarossa]] at Legnano, it is the only town other than [[Rome]] named in the [[Il Canto degli Italiani|Italian national anthem]] ("[...] ''Dall'Alpi a Sicilia dovunque è Legnano'' [...]", en. "From the [[Alps]] to [[Sicily]], Legnano is everywhere").<ref name="quirinale">{{cite web|title=Fratelli d'Italia|url=http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/simboli/inno/inno.htm|language=it|website=quirinale.it|publisher=[[President of Italy]]|access-date=7 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803032738/http://www.quirinale.it/qrnw/statico/simboli/inno/inno.htm|archive-date=3 August 2014}}</ref> Every year the people of Legnano commemorate the battle with [[Palio di Legnano]]. In the institutional sphere, on 29 May, the date of the battle of Legnano, it was chosen as the regional holiday of Lombardy.<ref name="festa">{{cite web|url= http://www.regione.lombardia.it/cs/Satellite?c=Evento&childpagename=Regione%2FDetail&cid=1213672646579&pagename=RGNWrapper|title= Festa della Lombardia|access-date= 30 May 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924085701/http://www.regione.lombardia.it/cs/Satellite?c=Evento&childpagename=Regione%2FDetail&cid=1213672646579&pagename=RGNWrapper|archive-date= 24 September 2015}}</ref>