Domaso

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Domaso
Comune
Comune di Domaso
Domaso
Location of Domaso in Italy
Coordinates: 46°9′N 9°20′E / 46.150°N 9.333°E / 46.150; 9.333Coordinates: 46°9′N 9°20′E / 46.150°N 9.333°E / 46.150; 9.333
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Province of Como (CO)
Area
 • Total 6.1 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Population (Dec. 2004)
 • Total 1,461
 • Density 240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Demonym Domasini
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 22013
Dialing code 0344

Domaso is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Milan and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,461 and an area of 6.1 km².[1]

Domaso borders the following municipalities: Colico, Gravedona, Livo, Peglio, Vercana.

Demographic evolution

At the CARIPLO Bank of Domaso were kept the secret documents taken from Benito Mussolini on 27 April 1945. They were put there by the Partisan Pedro and Horfman a Swiss/British double agent. Winston Churchill visited this place, looking for some of the missing documents on September 7, 1945 and went to have a tea with the bank's manager Ermanno Gibezzi. He had it in his home, ignoring the fact that he had been recently appointed there. The real director that had seen the documents, Luigi Rumi, had retired a few weeks before.

References

  1. ↑ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

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