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Luvinate is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Milan and about 5 kilometres (3 mi) northwest of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,389 and an area of 4.2 square kilometres (1.6 sq mi).Luvinate borders the following municipalities: Barasso, Casciago, Castello Cabiaglio, Varese.

Casciago is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Milan and about 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Varese. As of 1 December 2021, it had a population of 3.613 and an area of 4.0 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi).Casciago borders the following municipalities: Barasso, Gavirate, Luvinate, Varese. Casciago could very well be the location of the ancient Cassiciacum, where Saint Augustine and a few friends lived together in a kind of philosophical commune after Augustine's conversion to Christianity.

Masnago is a neighbourhood or quartiere of the city of Varese, Italy, located in the northern part of the city. It had been an independent municipality until 1927 when it merged with Varese. The Castello of Masnago is found in this district.

MV Agusta (Italian pronunciation: [ˌɛmmeˈvi aˈgusta], full name: MV AGUSTA Motor S.p.A., original name: Meccanica Verghera Agusta or MV) is a high end motorcycle manufacturer founded by Count Domenico Agusta on 19 January 1945 as one of the branches of the Agusta aircraft company near Milan in Cascina Costa, Italy. The abbreviation MV stands for Meccanica (mechanics) Verghera, the hamlet where the first MVs were made. The modern headquarters and main production facilities are located in Varese, Italy on the shore of Lake Varese.

Cagiva is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded in 1950 by Giovanni Castiglioni in Varese, originally producing small metal components. Giovanni's sons, Claudio and Gianfranco Castiglioni, went into the motorcycle industry in 1978. The name is a portmanteau derived from the founder's name 'Giovanni Castiglioni' and the founding location, i.e. CAstiglioni GIovanni VArese. In its history, Cagiva won races in Dakar and Motocross competitions, as well as in Grand Prix motorcycle racing.

Comerio is a comune (Municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km northwest of Milan and about 8 km west of Varese. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,549 and an area of 5.6 km².The Municipality of Comerio contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Muro, Orocco, Picco, Mattello, Cugnolo, and Vigne. Comerio borders the following municipalities: Barasso, Castello Cabiaglio, Cuvio, Gavirate.

Campo dei Fiori di Varese is a mountain located in the northern part of Varese, Lombardy, Italy. It has an elevation of 1,227 metres (4,026 ft). Overlooking the city of Varese and the homonymous lake, the Campo dei Fiori consists of a massif with several peaks, from west to east: Monte Morto, 724 metres (2,375 ft) Prà Camarée, 774 metres (2,539 ft) Punta di Orino, 1,139 metres (3,737 ft), where an old artillery battery known as Forte di Orino is located Punta Merigetto, 1,164 metres (3,819 ft) Punta di Mezzo, 1,227 metres (4,026 ft), the highest peak Punta Paradiso, 1,226 metres (4,022 ft), where a citadel of science and astronomical observatory named after Giovanni Schiaparelli are located Monte Tre Croci, 1,111 metres (3,645 ft) Monte Tre Crocette, 1,033 metres (3,389 ft), where the abandoned Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori is located Monte San Francesco, 794 metres (2,605 ft), where the remains of an ancient convent are located Sacro Monte di Varese, 880 metres (2,890 ft), on top of which lie the hamlet of Santa Maria del Monte and the homonymous sanctuary Monte Pizzelle, 940 metres (3,080 ft) Monte Legnone, 865 metres (2,838 ft)The Sacro Monte of Varese, built on one of the minor peaks of the Campo dei Fiori, is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On the eastern side of the mountain, facing Varese, sits the now-vacant Grand Hotel Campo Dei Fiori. The Art Nouveau-style hotel was designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga and opened in 1910, but subsequently closed in 1968.Between the end of October and the first week of November 2017, the park was the subject of arson that burned down around 60 acres of woodland. In October 2020, the pine forests near the top of the mountain suffered extensive damage as a result of Storm Alex. The Vellone–Sacro Monte funicular links the Vellone valley to Santa Maria del Monte; a second funicular, linking the same valley to the former Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori, has been abandoned since 1953. The massif is protected by the Campo dei Fiori Regional Park, established in 1984, which is adjacent to the Cinque Vette Park.

The Castello di Masnago is a castle, now a civic art museum, located atop a hill on Via Cola di Rienzo number 42 in Mantegazza Park in the quartiere of Masnago of the town of Varese, region of Lombardy, Italy. The oldest part of the castle is an 11th-century crenellated tower, much rebuilt over the centuries. On the ground floor, there is a frescoed room, the Sala degli Svaghi, and in the first floor two exhibition rooms – Sala dei Vizi and delle Virtù. Some of the latter frescoes pertain to the 15th-century school of Bonifacio Bembo. The art museum has works by the Procaccini family, del Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli (commonly Morazzone e di Pietro Antonio Magatti, among more modern artists are Innocente Salvini, Enrico Bay, and Renato Guttuso.The Castello di Masnago stands on the top of a large lawn.

Palasport Lino Oldrini, known as Enerxenia Arena for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor sporting arena that is located in Varese, Italy. The seating capacity of the arena is 5,300 people for basketball games.

The Park Luigi Zanzi is an urban park of Varese, in Italy, located in the neighbourhood of Schiranna, on the shore of Lake Varese.

The Campo dei Fiori Regional Park (Italian: Parco regionale Campo dei Fiori) is a nature reserve in Lombardy, Italy. Established in 1984 and enlarged in 2009, it comprises the Campo dei Fiori and Martica massifs in the Varese Prealps, between the Valganna, the Valcuvia and the city of Varese.The park, which covers the territory of fourteen municipalities (all in the province of Varese), includes the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Sacro Monte di Varese and the Site of Community Importance of the Campo dei Fiori caves (all told, 130 caves are found inside the park, with an overall extension of 30 kilometres). Also part of the park are six natural reserves: Lake Ganna, Lake Brinzio, Campo dei Fiori, Martica-Chiusarella, and the bogs of Carecc and Pau Majur. The park's lowest point is 370 metres above sea level, the highest is the Punta di Mezzo of the Campo di Fiori, 1,227 metres above sea level.The flora includes chestnuts, ashes, lindens, sycamores, beeches, birches, Scotch pines, and maples; fifteen trees have been designated as "green monuments" due to their size and age. The fauna includes red deer, roe deer, wild boars, foxes, hares, beech martens, European badgers, European fat dormouses, European polecats, red squirrels, black kites, European honey buzzards, common buzzards, Eurasian sparrowhawks, Eurasian goshawks, peregrine falcons, short-toed snake eagles, and Western marsh harriers.The park is crossed by twenty main marked hiking paths as well as a number of unmarked secondary paths.

Varese Lake (Italian: Lago di Varese) is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, in the north of Italy. It has an area of 14.5 km², a medium depth of 11 m, and a maximum depth of 23 m. It hosted the Canoeing European Championships in 2012, the World Rowing Master Regatta in 2013, the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in 2014, the second Canoeing World Championship in 2015 and the World Rowing Under 23 / Under 19 Championships in 2022.