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Ceto (BS)
Ceto ( Camunian: ) is an Italian ''comune'' in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy. The village of Ceto is bounded by other communes of Braone, Breno, Capo di Ponte, Cerveno, Cevo, Cimbergo, Daone (TN), Ono San Pietro. History In February 1798 the town of Nadro Nadro (Nàder in camunian dialect) is an Italian hamlet (''frazione'') of the comune of Ceto ( BS), Lombardy. It has 655 inhabitants. It lies 75 km from Brescia, along the ''strada Statale 42 del Tonale e della Mendola'' and is situated in ... was united to that of Ceto, and assumed the name of "comune of Ceto and Nadro. " Between 1816 and 1859 the town was called "Ceto with Nadro", while from 1859 to 1927 only "Ceto". In that year he was joined Cerveno, which was linked with the name "Ceto Cerveno" until 1947. Main sights * Church of St. Andrew the Apostle. Rebuilt on a previous building in 1700 from a design by Anthonio Spiazzi. * Church of Saints Faustino and Jovita. References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Camonica
Val Camonica (also ''Valcamonica'' or Camonica Valley, Eastern Lombard: ''Al Camònega'') is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, Italy. It extends about from the Tonale Pass to Corna Trentapassi, in the commune of Pisogne near Lake Iseo. It has an area of about Area of the municipalities, excluding Val di Scalve and 118,323 inhabitants.Sum of ISTAT data of communes at 31 December 2007 The River Oglio runs through its full length, rising at Ponte di Legno and flowing into Lake Iseo between Pisogne and Costa Volpino. Almost all of the valley is included in the administrative territory of the province of Brescia, except for Lovere, Rogno, Costa Volpino and the Val di Scalve, which belong to the province of Bergamo. Since 1979, the rock drawings located along the valley are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, while the entire valley became a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve in 2018. Etymology ''Val Camonica'' is derived from the Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadro
Nadro (Nàder in camunian dialect) is an Italian hamlet (''frazione'') of the comune of Ceto ( BS), Lombardy. It has 655 inhabitants. It lies 75 km from Brescia, along the ''strada Statale 42 del Tonale e della Mendola'' and is situated in Val Camonica. Nadro is a medieval town developed around the tower house A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountainous or limited access areas, in order to command and defend strateg ... of the noble Gaioni's family, dating to the 15th century. It represents the main access to the ''riserva naturale Incisioni rupestri di Ceto, Cimbergo e Paspardo'', a large area with numerous petroghlyphs; the "didactical museum of the reserve" (''Museo didattico della riserva'') is there. Gallery Image:Skyline di Nadro - Ceto (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg, Image:via piana.jpg, Image:Museo_della_Riserva_-_Nadro_-_Ceto_( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Andrea Apostolo
Sant'Andrea is the Italian name for St. Andrew, most commonly Andrew the Apostle. It may refer to: Communes in Italy *Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea, Basilicata * Cazzano Sant'Andrea, Lombardy * Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea, Sicily * Penna Sant'Andrea, Abruzzo *Sant'Andrea di Conza, Campania * Sant'Andrea Frius, South Sardinia *Sant'Andrea del Garigliano, Frosinone *Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio, Calabria *Sant'Andrea di Suasa, Pesaro-Urbino Other Italian localities * Sant'Andrea, '' frazione '' of Colle di Val d'Elsa *Sant'Andrea dei Lagni, frazione di Santa Maria Capua Vetere *Torre Sant'Andrea, part of the communal territory of Melendugno ( province of Lecce) *Sant'Andrea in Percussina, ''frazione'' of San Casciano Val di Pesa ( province of Florence) Communes in France *Sant'Andréa-d'Orcino * Sant'Andrea-di Bozio * Sant'Andrea-di-Cotone Islands *Isola di Sant'Andrea *Sant'Andrea (Venetian Lagoon) Churches * Basilica di Sant'Andrea di Mantova, Mantua *Basilica di Sant'Andrea ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceto Municipio
Ceto (; grc, Κητώ, Kētṓ, sea monster) is a primordial sea goddess in Greek mythology, the daughter of Pontus and his mother, Gaia. As a mythological figure, she is considered to be one of the most ancient deities, and bore a host of monstrous children fathered by Phorcys, another child of Gaia and Pontus. The small Solar System body 65489 Ceto was named after her, and its satellite after Phorcys. Ceto was also variously called Crataeis (Κράταιις, ''Krataiis'', froκραταιίς"mighty") and Trienus (Τρίενος, ''Trienos'', froτρίενος"within three years"), and was occasionally conflated by scholars with the goddess Hecate (for whom Crataeis and Trienus are also epithets). This goddess should not be confused with the minor Oceanid also named Ceto, or with various mythological beings referred to as '' ketos'' (plural ''kētē'' or ''ketea''); this is a general term for "sea monster" in Ancient Greek. Family Besides Ceto, Gaia (Earth) and Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camunian Dialect
Eastern Lombard is a group of closely related variants of Lombard, a Gallo-Italic dialect spoken in Lombardy, mainly in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua, in the area around Cremona and in parts of Trentino. Its main variants are Bergamasque and Brescian. In Italian-speaking contexts, Eastern Lombard is often generically called a "dialect", understood as to mean a dialect of Italian, while some claim it is not a dialect but a language. Eastern Lombard and Italian have only limited mutual intelligibility as is the case for many Italian dialects. Eastern Lombard does not have any official status either in Lombardy or anywhere else: the only official language in Lombardy is Italian. Classification Eastern Lombard is a Romance language of the Gallo-Italic branch, closer to Occitan, Catalan, French, etc. than to Italian, with a Celtic substratum. Geographic distribution Eastern Lombard is primarily spoken in Eastern Lombardy (Northern Italy), in the provinces o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 have the title of ('city'). Formed '' praeter legem'' according to the principles consolidated in medieval municipalities, the is provided for by art. 114 of the Constitution of Italy. It can be divided into '' frazioni'', which in turn may have limited power due to special elective assemblies. In the autonomous region of the Aosta Valley, a ''comune'' is officially called a ''commune'' in French. Overview The provides essential public services: registry of births and deaths, registry of deeds, and maintenance of local roads and public works. Many have a '' Polizia Comunale'' (communal police), which is responsible for public order duties. The also deal with the definition and compliance with the (general regulator plan), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Brescia
The Province of Brescia ( it, provincia di Brescia; Brescian: ) is a Province in the Lombardy administrative region of northern 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). 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 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 south. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lombardy
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