page_title: History of Legnano
section_title: Middle Ages
hierarchical_section_title: History of Legnano / Middle Ages
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: In primo piano, ritrovamenti di epoca longobarda (VII-VIII sec. d.C.) scoperti a Castellanza, in località Gabinella, nel 1926. Sono un boccale d'argilla e una spada in ferro
context_page_description: Legnano, an Italian municipality of the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Alto Milanese, has a recorded history from the first mention of the Legnarello district to the present day.
  During the Middle Ages, Legnano was the site of an important battle wherein the Lombard League defeated Frederick Barbarossa. Because of that battle, Legnano is the only city other than Rome, capital of Italy, to be mentioned in the national anthem.
  Industry has had significant impact on Legnano's history and the municipality remains one of the most developed and industrialized in Italy.
context_section_description: With the Migration Period the remaining territories of the Western Roman Empire experienced socio-economic implosion. Among the Germanic peoples migrating into the Roman Empire were the Lombards, who came the dominate Cisalpine Gaul. Their influence, and especially that of their dialect, was to be lasting; legnanese schirpa, a 19th-century term for a dowry, is Lombard in origin. Excavations in the municipal area have at various times revealed Lombard items from the 7th century. Swords and a shield boss were found on the Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1894, a tomb was found in an adjacent area in 1926, and in 1950–51 household items were found near the INA Gallery.
  Under the Carolingian Empire, the Legnano area was the border of the counties of Seprio and Burgaria, both part of the Obertenga March. Charlemagne preserved the structure of the Kingdom of the Lombards after defeating it, but replaced the native rulers with Franks.
caption: Early medieval finds discovered on the border between Castellanza and Legnano in 1926 from the 7th or 8th centuries AD
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