The origins
Aupaldo, bishop of Novara, presented the canons of the Novara cathedral with the small court in Canore (Cannero), on lake Maggiore, and with the “villa” in Oglon (Oggiogno) and all land, olive tree plantation, serfs etc.
In 1211 the canons sold out to some families in Cannero and Oggiogno, on condition, that they freed the serfs. This meant, already in the 14th century, communal independence with relative statutes. From the 15th century on, Cannero and the whole lake came in possession of the Milan Duchy and followed its history. In 1524 the Sforzas punished Cannero by burning and sackage because of its fidelity toward the Viscontis.
When, in 1530, the whole of Lombardy passed to emperor Charles the Fifth, becoming thus a Spanish province, in which Cannero was included.
Was subsequently, together with Lombardy, part of the Austro-Hungarian empire and as such mentioned in the Theresian Map of 1722.
In 1743, following the Worms Treaty, was granted to the King of Sardinia, together with the complete western bank of Lago Maggiore.
In 1797 Cannero and the whole of Northern Italy became the Cisalpine Republic and, almost immediately thereafter, Kingdom of Italy of which Napoleon proclaimed himself king.
After Napoleon’s fall, the Kingdom of Sardinia, with its former territories, was reinstated.
During the war for independence of Lombardy from the Austro-Hungarian empire, large numbers of the lake area inhabitants joined Giuseppe Garibaldi and his Cacciatori delle Alpi voluntary corps and occupied the eastern bank of the lake, until its incorporation in the new Kingdom of Italy constituted in 1861.
As a testimony of the two World Wars, remain, concerning the first, a part of the Cadorna Line (underground and semi-underground defenses on Mount Morissolo) and, regarding the second, the plaques of the Ossola Partisan Republic.
In 1211 the canons sold out to some families in Cannero and Oggiogno, on condition, that they freed the serfs. This meant, already in the 14th century, communal independence with relative statutes. From the 15th century on, Cannero and the whole lake came in possession of the Milan Duchy and followed its history. In 1524 the Sforzas punished Cannero by burning and sackage because of its fidelity toward the Viscontis.
When, in 1530, the whole of Lombardy passed to emperor Charles the Fifth, becoming thus a Spanish province, in which Cannero was included.
Was subsequently, together with Lombardy, part of the Austro-Hungarian empire and as such mentioned in the Theresian Map of 1722.
In 1743, following the Worms Treaty, was granted to the King of Sardinia, together with the complete western bank of Lago Maggiore.
In 1797 Cannero and the whole of Northern Italy became the Cisalpine Republic and, almost immediately thereafter, Kingdom of Italy of which Napoleon proclaimed himself king.
After Napoleon’s fall, the Kingdom of Sardinia, with its former territories, was reinstated.
During the war for independence of Lombardy from the Austro-Hungarian empire, large numbers of the lake area inhabitants joined Giuseppe Garibaldi and his Cacciatori delle Alpi voluntary corps and occupied the eastern bank of the lake, until its incorporation in the new Kingdom of Italy constituted in 1861.
As a testimony of the two World Wars, remain, concerning the first, a part of the Cadorna Line (underground and semi-underground defenses on Mount Morissolo) and, regarding the second, the plaques of the Ossola Partisan Republic.
