BRIANZA, a district of Lombardy, Italy, in the southern part of the province of Como, between the two southern arms of Lake Como. It is fertile, thickly peopled and visited in summer by Milanese who have built fine villas. There are silk, cotton spinning, yarn and hat factories as well as a furniture industry.
See U. Nebbia, La Brianza (Arti Grafiche, Bergamo, 1912), well illustrated.