Cadrezzate

Placed on the crest between the Lake Monate and the plain that goes to the Lake Maggiore, it has one of the finest and very popular beaches of the lake.

Its origin goes back to the Bronze Age as evidence the finds of pile dwelling settlements at Sabbione and Pozzolo hamlet. The inhabitants did the hunt, the fishing, the farming and the weaving. The vegetable rests, such as hazel, cornel, acorn and blackberry make one think that also the crop of natural products was present. The finds of fusion moulds, crucibles, nozzles, probably testify some working of the bronze. The great amount of tools such as spools and weights from looms, make one suppose some weaving activity.

In the Liber Notitae Sanctorum Mediolani by Goffredo from Bussero it is written that in Cadrezzate, at the end of the XIII century, there was a church dedicated to Santa Margherita and All the Saints. So, the today parish church would be dated back to that time.

To see:

- the Parish Church of Santa Margherita, dated 1299
- the Church of San Antonio and Santi Magi, built in 1800

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