Chiuduno (
Bergamasque: ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Bergamo
The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 '' comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo. ...
, in
Italian region of
Lombardy
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; Chiuduno is located about northeast of
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ...
and about southeast of
Bergamo
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Com ...
, midway between the Bergamo plain and the
Valcalepio.
Chiuduno borders the following municipalities:
Bolgare
Bolgare ( Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy. It is situated in the plain between the rivers Serio and Oglio, 13 km southeast of Bergamo.
Bounding communes
*Gorlago
* Carobbio degli Angeli
* Chiud ...
,
Carobbio degli Angeli
Carobbio degli Angeli ( Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southeast of Bergamo.
Carobbio degli Angeli borders the following mu ...
,
Grumello del Monte
Grumello del Monte (Bergamasque: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) of about 7,400 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southeast of Bergamo.
Grumello del Monte bord ...
,
Telgate
Telgate (Bergamasque: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southeast of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,598 and an ar ...
.
History
The settlement has
Gaul
Gaul ( la, Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic and Aquitani tribes, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, most of Switzerland, parts of Northern Italy (only during ...
ish origins, and was later a Roman centre as ''Claudunum'' on the road between Bergamo and
Brescia
Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and '' comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ...
. It is however mentioned for the first time in a document from 795, and in the Middle Ages it developed and received a fortress.
Main sights
*Castle (9th century), of which only a tower and other parts remain.
*Another fortification on the border with the territory of Carobbio degli Angeli (now Suardi villa, 17th century).
Demographic evolution
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References
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