Golasecca Explained

Golasecca
Official Name:Comune di Golasecca
Native Name:Vorasecca /
Coordinates:45.7°N 47°W
Region:Lombardy
Province:Varese (VA)
Mayor:Claudio Ventimiglia
Area Total Km2:7
Population Total:2694
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Demonym:Golasecchesi
Elevation M:280
Postal Code:21010
Area Code:0331

Golasecca (label=[[Varesotto]]|Vorasecca or Gorasecca) is a town and Italian: [[comune]] in the province of Varese, Lombardy (Northern Italy).

It has given its name to the Golasecca culture, a prehistoric civilization who lived in the Ticino River area from the Bronze Age until the 1st century BC.