It is in the Olona valley part that the river gets much of the industrial pollution which has made it a byname for venomous waters for decades.
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Until the late 1980s, a branch of the Olona fed the " Darsena " of Porta Ticinese ( the inner harbour of Milan ).
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Rubini, also as player-coach, won 6 national titles in water polo with Canottieri Olona of Milan, Rari Nantes of Naples and Camogli teams.
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The Olona river passes through the deep Olona Valley, cut in the poruous soils of the upper Po Valley, eventually flowing in the plain after Legnano.
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The Olona river passes through the deep Olona Valley, cut in the poruous soils of the upper Po Valley, eventually flowing in the plain after Legnano.
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He returned to Castiglione Olona, where he became ill in December 1442 and died in early February 1443 in his Palazzo Branda, aged ninety-three.
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Since ancient times, the inhabitants of Olona Valley lived mainly away from the river, on higher ground that certainly would not have been affected by seasonal floods.
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In 1543 he purchased the ancient fortified castle of Frascarolo, near present-day Induno Olona, in the Valceresio, which he converted into a sumptuous villa,.
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The municipality of Besnate is part of the geographical area identified as Olona Valley, and is located in a hilly area between the Arno river and the River Ticino.
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Immediately after passing through a tunnel under the Naviglio Grande, the Olona flows into the " Lambro Meridionale ", that carries its waters in the Lambro.