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Province Of Brescia
The province of Brescia (; Brescian: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of some 1,265,964 (as of January 2019) and its capital is the city of Brescia.With an area of 4,785 km2, it is the biggest province of Lombardy. It is also the second province of the region for the number of inhabitants and fifth in Italy (first, excluding Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan cities). It borders the province of Sondrio to the north and north west, the province of Bergamo to the west, the province of Cremona to the south west and south, the province of Mantua to the south. On its northeastern border, Lake GardaItaly's largestis divided between Brescia and the neighboring provinces of Province of Verona, Verona (Veneto region) and Trentino (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region). The province stretches between Lake Iseo in the west, Lake Garda in the east, the Southern Rhaetian Alps in the north and the Lombardian plains in the sou ...
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Provinces Of Italy
The provinces of Italy ( ; Grammatical number#Overview, sing.  ) are the second-level administrative divisions of the Italy, Italian Republic, on an intermediate level between a municipality () and a regions of Italy, region (). Since 2015, provinces have been classified as "institutional bodies of second level". There are currently 107 institutional bodies of second level in Italy, including 80 ordinary provinces, 2 autonomous provinces, 4 regional decentralization entities, 6 free municipal consortia, and 14 Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan cities, as well as the Aosta Valley region (which also exercises the powers of a province). Italian provinces (with the exception of the current Sardinian provinces) correspond to the NUTS statistical regions of Italy, NUTS 3 regions. Overview A province of the Italy, Italian Republic is composed of many municipalities (). Usually several provinces together form a region; the region of Aosta Valley is the sole exception—i ...
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Veneto
Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is the region's capital while Verona is the largest city. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire until the 5th century AD. Later, after a Feudalism, feudal period, it was part of the Republic of Venice until 1797. Venice ruled for centuries over one of the largest and richest maritime republics and trade empires in the world. After the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna, the Venetian Province, former Republic was combined with Lombardy and re-annexed to the Austrian Empire as the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, until that was Italian unification, merged with the Kingdom of Italy in 1866, as a result of the Third Italian War of Independence and of a Plebiscite of Veneto of 1866, plebiscite. Besides Italian language, Italian, most inhabitan ...
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Ghedi
Ghedi (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on November 24, 2001. Ghedi is known for a base of the Italian Air Force, Ghedi Air Base. It was also the site of the Palazzo Orsini, now demolished, a c.1515 doorway from which survives in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Geography Climate Ghedi experiences a four-season humid subtropical climate (Köppen: ''Cfa''). History The town has been founded during the Early Middle Ages by the Longobards, as a small village defended by a fortified enclosure. This area is called '' Castle of Ghedi'', in which arose the ancient Early Christian church, some small shacks and, since the High Middle Ages, the town hall. During the 14th century, the construction of structures outside the walls began and were formed four suburbs: ''Bazzina'', ''Gazzolo'', ''Borgonuovo'' and ''Malborgo''. The town, due to its ...
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Montichiari
Montichiari (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on December 27, 1991. The town is home to the Gabriele D'Annunzio airport (Italian: ''Aeroporto Gabriele D'Annunzio''), the fair center '' Centro Fiera del Garda'' and the Bonoris castle (Italian: ''Castello Bonoris''). 220px, left, The Bonoris castle in Montichiari. Giovanni Treccani, publisher of the eponymous encyclopedia, was born in Montichiari. Twin towns Montichiari is twinned with: * Gambettola, Italy * Pescara Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surround ..., Italy References Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Brescia-geo-stub ...
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Palazzolo Sull'Oglio
Palazzolo may refer to: Places in Italy * Palazzolo (Rome), a hill in Rome * Palazzolo sull'Oglio, a comune in the Province of Brescia * Palazzolo Acreide, a comune in the Province of Siracusa * Palazzolo Vercellese, a comune in the Province of Vercelli * Palazzolo dello Stella, a comune in the Province of Udine *Palazzolo, a frazione of Sona in the Province of Verona *Palazzolo, a frazione of Fossato di Vico in the Province of Perugia *Palazzolo, a frazione of Incisa in Val d'Arno in the Province of Florence *Palazzolo, a quarter of Paderno Dugnano in the Province of Milan Other uses * Palazzolo (surname), a surname (and a list of people with the name) See also *'' Palazzolo v. Rhode Island'' a 2001 U.S. Supreme Court precedent {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Desenzano Del Garda
Desenzano del Garda () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy, on the southwestern shore of Lake Garda. It borders the communes of Castiglione delle Stiviere, Lonato, Padenghe sul Garda, and Sirmione. History The area was settled in the Bronze Age and sometime in the first century BCE, the area around Lake Garda, including what is now Desenzano del Garda, became a favourite vacation spot for the Veronese élite, Verona being one of the largest Roman cities in northeastern Italy. The toponym Desenzano is supposed to derive from the Latin name of persona Decentius, the alleged owner of the fourth-century Roman farm and villa of which the excavations can be visited. There is also an etymology of popular origin: since the village stretches along the hilly slope, the toponym is connected with the word 'descent'. The Villa Romana is one of the most important Roman villas in the north of Italy, covering an area of 11,000 square metres. Built in the f ...
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Darfo Boario Terme
Darfo Boario Terme (Camunian dialect, Camunian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. The name combines Darfo, the ''capoluogo'', with Boario Terme, the largest ''frazione''. It is bounded by the communes of Angolo Terme, Artogne, Esine, Gianico, Piancogno, Rogno. The small lake Lake Moro (Valle Camonica), Lago Moro is located in the commune. Geography Territory Around the centre, i.e. Darfo, Boario Terme, Corna and Montecchio, the following areas develop in a radial pattern: Erbanno, Gorzone, Sciano, Angone, Fucine, Pellalepre, Bessimo Superiore and Capo di Largo. The four most important quarters of the town (Darfo, Boario Terme, Corna and Montecchio) are closely integrated to form a sort of quadrilateral, the centre of which is the "Isola" area, a name derived from the fact that it lies at a bend in the River Oglio. Area The urban area has a surface area of 36,200 square kilometers, and from an altimetrical point of view, the differ ...
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Travagliato
Travagliato (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b .... It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on November 12, 2001. Its coat of arms shows a silver shovel on left blue, right white. Travagliato is the birthplace of Italian football legends Franco Baresi and Giuseppe Baresi. Transport * Ospitaletto-Travagliato railway station Twin towns Travagliato is twinned with: * Beaufort-en-Vallée, France References Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Brescia-geo-stub ...
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Chiese
The Chiese, also known in the Province of Brescia as the Clisi, is a Italian river that is the principal immisary and sole emissary of the sub-alpine lake Lago d’Idro (Lake Idro), and is a left tributary of the Oglio. The river rises from the Adamello in Trentino and runs through the Val di Fumo and the Val di Daone, forming the reservoirs of Lago di Malga Bissina and Lago di Malga Boazzo. At Pieve di Bono it enters the lower valleys of Giudicarie, receiving the waters of the '' torrente'' Adanà. Further south it flows through the Lago d'Idro near Baitoni before running down into Lombardy and the Province of Brescia. After leaving the lake, the river runs through the Val Sabbia as far as Roè Volciano. Here it enters the pianura padana, and flows south through Gavardo, Calcinato, Montichiari, Carpenedolo and Acquafredda, enters the Province of Mantua at Asola, before flowing into the Oglio on its left bank in the valley of Acquanegra sul Chiese. Exploitation ...
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Mella (river)
Mella (known as such also in Italian and in Latin) is a river in Northern Italy, a tributary of Oglio. The largest city the Mella flows through is Brescia Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the se .... The upper valley of the Mella, upstream from Brescia, is known as Val Trompia. References External links Rivers of the Province of Brescia Rivers of Italy {{Italy-river-stub ...
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Oglio
The Oglio (; or ; , ) is a left-side tributary of the river Po in Lombardy, Italy. It is long. In the hierarchy of the Po's tributaries, with its of length, it occupies the 2nd place per length (after the river Adda), while it is the 4th per basin surface (after Tanaro, Adda and Ticino), and the 3rd per average discharge at the mouth (after Ticino and Adda). Overview The Oglio is formed from the confluence of two mountain streams, the Narcanello branch from the Presena Glacier, in the Adamello group and the Frigidolfo branch, in the Corno dei Tre Signori, part of the Stelvio National Park. The streams merge near Pezzo di Ponte di Legno, both the streams have an average discharge of . The Frigidolfo branch, before merging with Narcanello branch, receives the Arcanello branch, which have an average discharge of , which receives a minor branch originating from Lake Ercavallo. The Ogliolo stream, with an average discharge of and a length of (similar to the length of the ...
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Southern Rhaetian Alps
The Southern Rhaetian Alps (''Südliche Rätische Alpen'' in German, ''Alpi Retiche meridionali'' in Italian) are a mountain range in the southern part of the Alps. Geography Administratively the range belongs to the Italian regions of Trentino-Alto Adige and Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is .... SOIUSA classification According to SOIUSA (''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way: * main part = Eastern Alps * major sector = Southern Limestone Alps * section =Southern Rhaetian Alps * SOIUSA code, code = II/C-28 Subdivision The range is subdivided into four subsections: *Alpi dell'Ortles - SOIUSA code: II/C-28.I, *Alpi della Val di Non - SOIUSA code: II ...
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