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| name = Cantù
| official_name = Comune di Cantù
| native_name = {{native name|lmo|Cantuu}}
| image_skyline = Piazza garibaldi cantù.jpg
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| image_shield = Cantù-Stemma.
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| frazioni = Vighizzolo, Fecchio, Mirabello, Cascina Amata, Asnago
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| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 23
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| population_as_of = 31 March 2017
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| population_demonym = Canturini
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'''Cantù''' ({{IPA-it|kanˈtu}};
==History==
The name could stem from that of the Canturigi, a population of [[Insubria]] of the 6th century BC. A village was founded here by Gauls in the following century, which was conquered by the [[ancient Rome|Romans]] in 196 BC.
Cantù was a source of conflict between the cities of [[Milan]] and [[Como]]. The [[Sforza]] of Milan took control permanently in the 15th century.▼
▲In the Middle Ages Cantù was a source of conflict between the cities of [[Milan]] and [[Como]]. The [[Sforza]] of Milan took control permanently in the 15th century.
==Main sights==
[[File:Ainaud 6.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Detail from the life of [[St Christopher]] (c.1000), from the nave of the Basilica of Galliano.]]
The main attraction of Cantù is the [[Basilica di San Vincenzo]] in the ''[[frazione]]'' Galliano, which was consecrated in 1007 by the future [[Archbishop of Milan]], [[Ariberto da Intimiano]]. The building was sold in 1801 to become a private dwelling, before being bought by the municipality in 1909 and reconsecrated in 1934. The basilica contains the oldest [[fresco]]es in [[Lombardy]] consisting of series of stories from the Bible and the saints. The frescoes in the apse are especially fine, and those in the nave probably by this master painter's followers.<ref>J. Ainaud, ''Romanesque Painting'' (London: Weidenfeld &
==Sport==
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==Twin towns==
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Villefranche-sur-Saône]], [[France]]
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*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jamestown, New York|Jamestown]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]]
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