Vaprio d'Adda (Milanese: ; Bergamasque: ; locally ) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, about northeast of Milan.
Vaprio d'Adda borders the following municipalities: Trezzo sull'Adda, Capriate San Gervasio, Grezzago, Canonica d'Adda, Pozzo d'Adda, Cassano d'Adda, Fara Gera d'Adda.
History
In 1799, Austrian and Russian troops under the guidance of Russian Field Marshal Suvorov inflicted a serious defeat on French forces here at the Battle of Cassano. It was during the Great French War.
Main sights
San Bernardino, ruins of Romanesque church
San Colombano; 12th-century Romanesque church
Villa Melzi, where Leonardo da Vinci resided for a while when studying channelling of waters in the Milanese area. It includes a fresco of Madonna with Child attributed to him or his school. ''Villa Castelbarco: private 18th century villa and gardens