Brugherio keeps a surprising tradition: the church of San Bartolomeo venerates relics attributed to the Three Magi, tied by tradition to Saint Ambrose and his sister Marcellina, at home in these lands — a rare devotion surfacing in the feast and local sacred art. Around it, a Brianza town of villas and farmsteads: Villa Fiorita, now the town hall, is its green drawing room.
The neoclassical temple of Moncucco, attributed to Piermarini of La Scala fame, adds an author's touch. Between Monza and Cologno, Brugherio is residential Brianza with roots deeper than first sight suggests.
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