Capo di Ponte (
Camunian: ) is an Italian
comune
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in
Val Camonica
Val Camonica or Valcamonica (), also Valle Camonica and anglicized as Camonica Valley, 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 c ...
,
province of Brescia
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, in
Lombardy
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.
Located above sea level, Capo di Ponte (en. "Head of Bridge") owes its name to an ancient settlement to the west of a bridge over the River
Oglio
The Oglio (; or ; , ) is a left-side tributary of the river Po in Lombardy, Italy. It is long.
In the hierarchy of the Po's tributaries, with its of length, it occupies the 2nd place per length (after the river Adda), while it is the 4th pe ...
which leads to a hamlet named Cemmo. The present comune is on the eastern side of the river.
History
There are a number of
rock art
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sites in this part of
Val Camonica
Val Camonica or Valcamonica (), also Valle Camonica and anglicized as Camonica Valley, 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 c ...
Between the 11th and 14th centuries, Capo di Ponte was known as the hamlet of Cemmo—part of the priory of San Salvatore of Tezze.
In 1315 the Imesigo marsh, on the plain between Capo di Ponte and
Sellero, was flooded by the River Re.
On 14 October 1336 the Bishop of Brescia, Jacopo de Atti, invested fiefs for a tenth of the rights in the territories of
Incudine, Cortenedolo, Mù, Cemmo, Zero, Viviano and Capo di Ponte to Maffeo Giroldo Botelli of
Nadro.
In 1698 Father Gregorio Brunelli says that the village of Zero (or Serio), which stood on banks of the River Re, east of the country today, was swept away by a flood.
After the fall of the Republic of Venice the "comune of Capo di Ponte" (1797–1798) was founded, later becoming "comune of Cemmo and Capo di Ponte" (1798 to 1815). Under the Lombardo-Veneto kingdom, the name was again changed to "comune di Capo di Ponte e Cemmo" (1816 to 1859). It has been known as Capo di Ponte since 1859.
Main sights
* Parish of Saint Martino, rebuilt in the eighteenth century with stone columns in Sarnico. The Soasa is by
Beniamino Simoni.
* Monastery of
San Salvatore of Tezze
* Church of Saint Faustina and Liberata
* Oratory of
St Rocco at Bridge of the seventeenth century.
*
Pieve of Saint Syrus (Cemmo)
*
Rock drawings in Valcamonica
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* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
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* National Park of Naquane (stone carvings)
* Municipal Archaeological Park of Seradina-Bedolina
* National Archeological Park of Massi di Cemmo
References
External links
Historical photos – Intercam– Lombardia Beni Culturali
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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