Casate Ticino

Casate Ticino ("Casá", in the local dialect) is an Italian village in the municipality of Bernate Ticino, near Milan, in Lombardy. As of 2009 its population was of 1,100 circa.

Overview
Casate is first mentioned in 1603, in "Atti della visita pastorale" of Cardinal Federico Borromeo.

At the end of 1600 the abbot Ferdinand Crivelli decided to build a church, for the peasants of the small village. The church was consecrated in 1705, and a plaque still reads as set out in the place of worship:

QUO FACILIUS CULTORES AGRI CIRCUMIECTI INTERESSENT REI SACRAE ABBAS GENTIS CRIBELLIAE EX IURE PATRONAT(U)S AEDEM VIRGINI MAGNAE SINE LABE CONCEPTAE ANNO MDCCV DEDICABAT

Origins of the name
The name "Casate" probably derives from common term "casates", farmhouses scattered in fields, in the dialect of the 1600–1700.

Position
Casate is located east of Ticino river and west of Milan, seat of the province, which is 27 km far from the village.

The village borders are north to Cuggiono, east to Mesero, south and west with the town of Bernate Ticino.