Camunian dialect
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Val Camonica
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province of Brescia
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Lombardy
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Italy
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Angolo was a mining center known since the 4th century BC. After the 12th century AD its history was closely linked to that of the Federici family. In 1335
Luchino Visconti
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granted them a privilege to extract iron in the area. In 1403
Caterina Visconti
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gave the family the possessions of the Antonioli of Grevo in exchange for the support offered her.
In 1408 Angolo went to
Pandolfo III Malatesta
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, who ceded it to Comicino Federici, who temporarily sided for the
Guelphs
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, until 1419, when he returned to the Ghibelline allegiance and the Visconti.
In 1509 Angolo (called ''Anghol'') appears in a map of the Valle Camonica designed by
Leonardo da Vinci
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In 1846 the town of Angolo, placed administratively in the province of Bergamo, demanded to be included in the
province of Brescia
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In 1923 several houses suffer damage from the failure of the Gleno Dam (Italy), with 46 deaths among the inhabitants.
Main sights
* Parish Church of San Lorenzo, of ancient origin, rebuilt in 1694 and enlarged in 1757. The side portals are in "Simona stone". The fifteen panels of the entrance door depict episodes of Christ's Life.
* Church of Saint Elizabeth (or of the Visitation), situated along the road that leads into the Val di Scalve. It was built between the 15th and 16th century.
*Hermitage of Saint Sylvester: built in the early 16th century.
* Former Albrici - Federici palace, with a 16th-century portal in " Sarnico stone".
Culture
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camunian dialect
Eastern Lombard is a group of closely related variants of Lombard language, Lombard, a Gallo-Italic languages, Gallo-Italic language
spoken in Lombardy, mainly in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua, in the area around Cremona and in p ...
nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The one which characterize the people of Angolo Terme is ''Treàangoi''.