Intra, Italy

Intra is a frazione of the municipality of Verbania, in Piedmont, northern Italy, located in a small alluvial plain. It's an important place on the Lake Maggiore, both for the port and the tourism. In 1905 in Intra was founded, by engineer Roberto Züst, an Italian industrialist of Swiss origin,[1] Zust, an Italian car manufacturing company. In 1909[2] was founded a rowing club, Canottieri Intra. The main church is a basilica dedicate to San Vittore. The basilica di San Vittore was rebuilt during the first decade of XVIII century.

Intra
Frazione
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
ProvinceVerbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB)
ComuneVerbania
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

History

Intra's area has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The oldest known population living in the area were the Lepontii.[3], then it was added to the Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus in the first century AD. During Middle Age was under the control of Conti di Biandrate, after the comune of Novara[4] and then Duchy of Milan. Intra was an autonomous comune, in 1927 were merged to it Arizzano Inferiore, Trobaso and Zoverallo, in 1929 Unchio, then in 1939 Intra itself was merged with Pallanza to form Verbania under the royal decree n. 702 of 4 April 1939.[5]

Notable people
  • The main church, San Vittore
  • Vecchio Imbarcadero Liberty
  • Old tramway station

References
  1. Charles Lam Markmann; Mark Sherwin (2014). The Book of Sports Cars - (United States and Italy. Edizioni Savine. ISBN 9788896365465. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20100828194927/http://www.canottieriintra.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=59
  3. Direzione comunicazione istituzionale dell'assemblea regionale, Comuni della provincia del Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte, 2012
  4. https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/intra/
  5. Emmanuel III, Victor (4 April 1939). R.D. 4 aprile 1939, n. 702 – Riunione dei comuni di Intra e di Pallanza, in provincia di Novara, in un unico Comune denominato "Verbania"  [RD 4 April 1939, n. 702 – Meeting of the municipalities of Intra and Pallanza, in the province of Novara, in a single municipality called "Verbania"] (in Italian) – via Wikisource.

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