Bergolo is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the Italian region

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, located about southeast of

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and about northeast of

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. As of 1 January 2017, it had a population of 68 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Bergolo borders the following municipalities: Cortemilia,

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, Pezzolo Valle Uzzone, and

Torre Bormida Torre Bormida is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. Torre Bormida borders the following municipalities: Bergolo, Bosia, Cortem ...

Demographic evolution

Comital title

The Bergolo estates were part of the minor aristocracy in the Italian nobility of relatively recent heritage (the comital title Count Calvi of Bergolo having been created in 1787). Members of the Calvi di Bergolo line include General Giorgio Carlo Calvi di Bèrgolo (1887–1977), consort of Princess Yolanda of Savoy, sister of Umberto II, the last king of Italy; Princess Mafalda of Savoy, wife of the Prince of Hesse, who died at

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in 1944; and the painter Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo (1904–1994), who created the Hall of Murals in Chicago's International Surgical Museum.Collections Spotlight Art and Surgery: The Hall of Murals
commissioned by International Museum of Surgical Science, Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo

References

External links

www.piemonteweb.it/Com/ComHome.asp?Com=666/

Memorial to Ezra Pound in Bergolo
Flickr photo album of the hillside monument erected to promote the American poet's vision for world peace after the events of 9/11
12th century Romanesque St. Sebastian chapel
and cemetery, Flickr photo album cemetery
Catalog of photographs of Bergolo
on FlickrHiveMind Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Cuneo-geo-stub