Gerenzano Turate
The town of Gerenzano is located in the upper Lombardy plain on the road from Milan to Varese, just a few kilometres from Saronno. The Via Mediolanum-Bilitio passed through Giranzanum, the Roman name for Gerenzano. This road connected Mediolanum (Milan) with Luganum (Lugano) via Baretium (Varese). Gerenzano was subject to the events in the historical region of Seprio during the Middle Ages. The town of Gerenzano was abolished twice: the first time in the Napoleonic era when it was annexed to Turate, and then, following protest, to Cislago, and the second in the Fascist era when it was annexed to Saronno (1928-1950).
Once dedicated to agriculture and to gravel extraction in particular, over recent decades the population of Gerenzano has established prominent craft businesses in the textile, carpentry, and furniture sectors. The station of Gerenzano-Turate is located between the towns of Gerenzano and Turate, a town in the province of Como.
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Gerenzano Turate station on a postcard from the 1910s 
View of Gerenzano with departing train 
To the south of the town lies the San Giacomo spring, whose ancient origins are documented by a lease agreement of 27 July 1386, which makes reference to the Roggia della Girola irrigation channel. The existence of this channel therefore demonstrates the presence of a stream generated by the spring. The date coincides with that of major monastic work in the area which was intended to create marshes and springs.