Usmate Velate

Usmate Velate (Brianzoeu: Oeus Velaa) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Milan.Guidotto da Usmate, elected Consul, negotiated the Peace of Lecco in 1219, allowing the exiled nobles to return to Milan.By the beginning of the 14th century, Usmate's lands belonged to Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan, who often came here for hunting in the dense woods.Count Gian Paolo Osio was notorious for his crimes and his involvement with the Nun of Monza, mentioned by Alessandro Manzoni in The Betrothed.In the 19th century, Count Rinaldo di Barbiano, Prince of Belgioioso d'Este, consolidated much of the agricultural lands of Velate and Usmate.
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