CASTELLANZA

'Castellanza' is a town located in the province of Varese, along the boundary of the province of Milan, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. The toponym refers to the ''castellanze'' (plural form, singulra ''castellanza''), defensive territorial unities who rose around castels and other strongpoints in the then county of Seprio. The Olona river divides Castellanza in the two main boroughs of Castellanza proper and Castegnate.
The town is renowned for its recently established private university (Libero Istituto Universitario Carlo Cattaneo, in short LIUC).