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Valtesse
Valtesse, located at , is a quartiere, quarter of the city of Bergamo in the north part of the city between the hill of Città Alta and Maresana Hill. The population is approximately 10,000. Valtesse was a part of the fourth circoscrizione (administrative unit of the city), and is divided into two Roman Catholic parishes: Sant'Antonio da Padova and San Colombano. Valtesse borders with the borough of Valverde, Bergamo, Conca Fiorita, Monterosso,Bergamo, Monterosso and the municipality of Ponteranica. Composer Gaetano Donizetti was buried in the cemetery of Valtesse in 1848, before his body was transferred to Bergamo's Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in 1875. References Former municipalities of Lombardy Quarters of Bergamo {{Bergamo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergamo
Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Maggiore, Maggiore. The Bergamo Alps () begin immediately north of the city. With a population of 120,580 as of 2025, Bergamo is the fourth-largest city in Lombardy. Bergamo is the seat of the province of Bergamo, which counts more than 1,115,037 residents as of 2025. The metropolitan area of Bergamo extends beyond the administrative city limits, spanning over a densely urbanized area with slightly fewer than 500,000 inhabitants. The Bergamo metropolitan area is itself part of the broader Milan metropolitan area, home to more than 8 million people. The city of Bergamo is composed of an old walled core, known as ('Upper Town'), nestled within a Parco dei Colli di Bergamo, system of hills, and the modern expansion in the plains below. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maresana Hill
Maresana is a hill north of the city of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy. Its maximum elevation is 546 metres above sea level. Maresana belongs to the cities and villages of Bergamo, Ponteranica, Torre Boldone, and Ranica. Its modern name was mentioned for the first time in the thirteenth century; it had previously been called Monte Torsillio. In the past, the hill was planted with chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Description ... trees whose nuts local farmers sold in the Bergamo market. Today the woods are in good condition because of the preservation work of the staff of the Parco Regionale dei colli di Bergamo (Bergamo Hills Regional Park). The Church of San Marco alla Maresana (St Mark's on Maresana) was built on the hill in 1619. Since the 1950s, some houses for wea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaetano Donizetti
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian Romantic music, Romantic composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the ''bel canto'' opera style during the first half of the nineteenth century and a probable influence on other composers such as Giuseppe Verdi. Donizetti was born in Bergamo in Lombardy. At an early age he was taken up by Simon Mayr who enrolled him with a full scholarship in a school which he had set up. There he received detailed musical training. Mayr was instrumental in obtaining a place for Donizetti at the Bologna Academy, where, at the age of 19, he wrote his first one-act opera, the comedy ''Il Pigmalione'', which may never have been performed during his lifetime. An offer in 1822 from Domenico Barbaja, the impresario of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, which followed the composer's ninth opera, led to his move to Naples and his reside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quartiere
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the title of (). Formed according to the principles consolidated in medieval municipalities, the is provided for by article 114 of the Constitution of Italy. It can be divided into , which in turn may have limited power due to special elective assemblies. In the autonomous region of the Aosta Valley, a is officially called a 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 (), which is responsible for public order duties. The also deal with the definition and compliance with the (), a document that regulates the building activity within the communal area. All communal structures or schools, sports and cultural structures such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circoscrizione
''Circoscrizione'' (; : ''circoscrizioni'') can refer to two different administrative units of Italy. One is an electoral district approximating to the English constituency, but typically the size of a province or region, depending on the election. The other is a subdivision of city ''comuni'', roughly equivalent to the municipal arrondissements of Paris or the London boroughs. Electoral district For Senate elections, there are 20 ''circoscrizioni'' corresponding to the regions of Italy. For elections to the Chamber of Deputies, some of the regions are split in two, and Lombardy in three, to make 26 ''circoscrizioni''. For elections to the European Parliament, Italy is split into 5 ''circoscrizioni'', typically of 4–5 regions joined. Until the electoral reforms in 2005, ''circoscrizioni'' for national elections were divided into ''collegi uninominali'' which elected one deputy or Senator and thus were directly equivalent to a constituency in the British sense. Municipal dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a Manorialism, manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount. By extension the term ''parish'' refers not only to the territorial entity but to the people of its community or congregation as well as to church property within it. In England this church property was technically in ownership of the parish priest ''Ex officio member, ex officio'', vested in him on his institution to that parish. Etymology and use First attested in English in the late 13th century, the word ''parish'' comes from the Old French , in turn from , the Romanization of Greek, Romanisation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valverde, Bergamo
Valverde is a quarter in the city of Bergamo, located on the north side of the hill of the '' città alta''. It has a population of 3,775 as of 1 February 2018. It contains a Roman Catholic parish with a church dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it on 1 November 1950 in his apostolic constitution as follows: It leaves open the question of whether Mary died or whether she was ra .... The parish church was damaged by a blaze in November 2006. The Castello di Valverde in its present form is a 16th-century structure on the site of a medieval castle. References Sources "Valverde, nome azzeccatissimo". Bergamo News, 17 September 2019 Quarters of Bergamo {{Bergamo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conca Fiorita
Conca may refer to: Places France *Conca, Corse-du-Sud, a municipality of Corsica Italy *Conca (river), a river that flows into the Adriatic Sea *Conca della Campania, a municipality of the Province of Caserta *Conca Casale, a municipality of the Province of Isernia *Mercatino Conca, a municipality of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino *Conca dei Marini, a municipality of the Province of Salerno Spain *Conca de Dalt, a municipality of Catalonia Other uses *Concerto for Strings ("Conca") in B-flat major, a composition by Antonio Vivaldi People with the surname * Carlos Conca (born 1954), Chilean mathematician, engineer and scientist * Darío Conca (1983 – ), Argentinian footballer * Giovanni Conca, (c.1690–1771), Italian painter; see Santa Maria della Luce, Rome * Giuseppe Conca (1904–1972), Italian Olympic weightlifter * Reece Conca (born 1992), Australian rules footballer * Sebastiano Conca (c.1680–1764), Italian painter * Tommaso Conca (1734–1822), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponteranica
Ponteranica (Bergamasque: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,866 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Ponteranica borders the following municipalities: Alzano Lombardo, Bergamo, Ranica, Sorisole, Torre Boldone, Zogno. A part of its surface is occupied by Maresana Hill. The source of Morla is in Ponteranica. Part of Ponteranica's territory belongs of Parco dei Colli di Bergamo Parco dei Colli di Bergamo is a natural park in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, northern Italy. Geography The park has a surface of and covers part of the city of Bergamo and of the surrounding municipalities. The largest part of the surf ... Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
