At Casnate, in the quarter called della Torre, there rises a square building of some height: in all likelihood it is what remains of a signal tower, which served to link the castle of Vertemate with the Baradello of Como. The name of the village comes perhaps from a Cassinus, perhaps from the chestnut tree; on the coat of arms, indeed, there is a chestnut sprig, copied from a sixteenth-century seal kept in the Civic Museum of Como.
Bernate, the other half of the comune, changed its name several times: it was Bernate con Gussa, then simply Bernate, then Bernate di Como, and from 1912 Bernate Rosales, after the Ordoño de Rosales family, who were the largest landowners here. That name lasted twenty-five years: in 1937 the two comuni were abolished and joined into one. The black lion that stands on the coat of arms beside the chestnut comes precisely from the arms of the Rosales.
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📅 Every year, on 7 December, in Casnate
In Casnate, Saint Ambrose is honoured on 7 December, in the same church where Saint Anthony the Abbot is celebrated on 17 January.
📅 Every year, on 17 January, in Casnate
In Casnate, Saint Anthony the Abbot is celebrated on 17 January. In the same town, Saint Ambrose is also honoured on 7 December; in Bernate, Saint Bernard is celebrated on 20 August.
📅 Every year, on 20 August, in Bernate
In Bernate, Saint Bernard is celebrated on 20 August, in the church dedicated to him. In Casnate, Saint Anthony the Abbot is celebrated on 17 January and Saint Ambrose on 7 December.
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Outside Casnate con Bernate, but an easy day trip away.
