Risotto alla Milanese rice, saffron, beef marrow and butter, creamy and soft
Rice, saffron, beef marrow and butter: Milan's golden dish, tied by legend to a glassmaker of the Duomo in 1574.
Read more →No Italian province has built on itself the way Monza and Brianza has: more than 41% of its surface is urbanised, the highest share in the country, and in Lissone, Vedano al Lambro and Bovisio Masciago the figure passes 80%. At 405 square kilometres it is Italy's third-smallest province and its second most densely populated. It was split off from the province of Milan in 2004 with its 55 municipalities, and it covers the Brianza, the historical district north-east of Milan.
Most visitors go to Monza and stop there. Around it the built fabric never breaks: you pass from Seregno to Desio, from Lissone to Vimercate without noticing the town has changed, and Brianza reads best that way, as one long city of places that each kept their own square. Not postcard country, but one of the parts of Italy where you understand best how the industrial north works.
Towns in the province of Monza and Brianza
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55 towns
Agrate Brianza Aicurzio Albiate Arcore Barlassina Bellusco Bernareggio Besana in Brianza Biassono Bovisio-Masciago Briosco Brugherio Burago di Molgora Busnago Camparada Caponago Carate Brianza Carnate Cavenago di Brianza Ceriano Laghetto Cesano Maderno Cogliate Concorezzo Cornate d'Adda Correzzana Desio Giussano Lazzate Lentate sul Seveso Lesmo Limbiate Lissone Macherio Meda Mezzago Misinto Monza Capital Muggiò Nova Milanese Ornago Renate Roncello Ronco Briantino Seregno Seveso Sovico Sulbiate Triuggio Usmate Velate Varedo Vedano al Lambro Veduggio con Colzano Verano Brianza Villasanta Vimercate
The top 10 places in Monza and Brianza
Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
1 🏰 Castles & palaces Cappella di villa Mirabello 📍 Monza Chapel of villa Mirabello in the Parco di Monza: the Durini villa of 1656-1675, oldest in the park. 2 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Chiesa di San Pietro Martire 📍 Monza San Pietro Martire in Monza, 14th-century church for the Dominican killed in 1252, with a 15th-century cloister. 3 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Chiesa di Santa Maria al Carrobiolo 📍 Monza Church of Santa Maria al Carrobiolo in Monza, with works by Peterzano and Moncalvo, vault frescoed 1707-1709. - 4 Chiesa di Santa Maria in Strada Monza · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 5 Duomo di Monza Monza · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 6 Palazzo Arese Borromeo Cesano Maderno · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 7 Parco Borromeo Cesano Maderno · 🌋 Nature & views
- 8 Parco GruBrìa Seregno · 🌋 Nature & views
- 9 Santuario del Santo Crocifisso Desio · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 10 Villa Reale Monza · 🏰 Castles & palaces
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🍝 At the table: Lombardy
Sbrisolona crumbly almond and cornmeal cake, broken by hand
White and yellow flour, almonds, butter and sugar, broken by hand: sbrisolona is Mantova's cake, already served at the Gonzaga court.
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Saint Vitus, patron of the town of the four districts
📅 Every year, on the Monday following the third Sunday of October; the town festival is held on 26 July
Lentate sul Seveso celebrates Saint Vitus on the Monday following the third Sunday of October, in the church dedicated to him; on 26 July, the town festival is instead held, with contests between the four districts (piazza, laghetto, camporia and borghetto).
Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of the parish church celebrated on Milan Cathedral's day
📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of October and the following Monday, marking the dedication of Milan Cathedral
Lissone celebrates its patronal feast on the third Sunday of October and the following Monday, the day marking the dedication of Milan's cathedral; Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of the town's parish church, are instead separately commemorated on 29 June.
Saints Simon and Jude, patrons of the land of the Oasi Belvedere
📅 Every year, on 28 October
Sovico celebrates Saints Simon and Jude on 28 October.
Saints Cosmas and Damian, patrons of the town of the Scaccabarozzi Park
📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of November
Concorezzo celebrates Saints Cosmas and Damian on the first Sunday of November, in the church dedicated to them.