San Vittore Square

San Vittore Square

The oldest square in the city It is the oldest square in the city, located at the intersection of the “cardo” and the “decumanus”, where the ancient church dedicated to San Vittore Martire stood already in the fourth century and where the...
Visconti Square and Podestarile Palace

Visconti Square and Podestarile Palace

The square that houses the Podestarile Palace This square, created in 1932 following the construction of the Palazzo Podestarile, takes its name from the Visconti of Milan who built the seventeenth-century palace that overlooks the trajectory of Via E. De Amicis, a...
Giuseppe Citterio sausage factory

Giuseppe Citterio sausage factory

A piece of Rho’s history In 1878 in this beautiful building, entirely covered with a Canadian vine that makes it unique and characteristic, the Giuseppe Citterio Salumificio was born, a success story that spans five generations and makes it one of the many...
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sorrows

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sorrows

The miracle and St. Charles Borromeo On April 24, 1583, in a small chapel, according to contemporary accounts, a painting depicting a Pietà was the protagonist of a miraculous event: the Madonna depicted in it shed tears of blood. Archbishop San Carlo Borromeo ordered...
National Shooting

National Shooting

Another piece of Rho’s history The inauguration of a section of National Shooting in Rho dates back to 1884, when the city was still a small village of about 8,000 inhabitants and the shooting range was located in the countryside outside the town, but along the...