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Pertica Alta (
Brescian Eastern Lombard is a group of closely related variants of Lombard, a Gallo-Italic language 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 ...
: ) is a ''
comune 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 City status in Italy, titl ...
'', an Italian town of 559 inhabitants in the
province of Brescia The province of Brescia (; Brescian: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of 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 ...
, in
Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
. It is located in the upper part of the province and belongs to the Valle Sabbia mountain community. Neighboring municipalities are Casto, Collio, Lodrino, Marmentino, Mura, Pertica Bassa. and Vestone.


Physical geography

Pertica Alta is located in the upper part of the
province of Brescia The province of Brescia (; Brescian: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of 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 ...
, in
Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...
. It is located between the Val Trompia and the Valle Sabbia, circumscribed between the rivers Degnone and Tovere. The territory of Pertica Alta historically and geographically belongs to the Valle Sabbia. It lies in an area of low seismicity (seismic zone 3). It belongs to Climate zone F, 3 496 GG


Origin of the name

The origin of the name is to be found in the
Langobard The Lombards () or Longobards () were a Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written between 787 and 796) th ...
custom, according to which the relatives of a warrior lost or fallen in battle far from home erected a pole (Italian: pertica) mounted with a
simulacrum A simulacrum (: simulacra or simulacrums, from Latin ''wikt:simulacrum#Latin, simulacrum'', meaning "likeness, semblance") is a representation or imitation of a person or thing. The word was first recorded in the English language in the late 16 ...
of a dove facing the direction of the battle. Inhabitants of Pertica Alta are called Perticaroli.


History

The municipality of Pertica Alta was created in 1928 when the municipalities of Bel Prato, Livemmo and Navono were merged. The territory of Pertica Alta is a portion of the "Universitas Perticae Vallis Sabbi", a supra-municipal organization existing since 1382. Until 1797, this organization included today's territory of Pertica Bassa and the towns of Bisenzio and Presegno, which belong to the municipal administration of
Lavenone Lavenone (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. It is situated on the right bank of the river Chiese The Chiese, also known in the Province of Brescia as the Clisi, is a Italian river that is the p ...
.


Symbols

Pertica Alta's coat of arms and the banner were granted by decree of the President of the Republic of May 13, 2003. "Compounded in a band: the first, in blue, with a star of six rays, in silver; the second, of silver, with two bands, of azure; the third, in red, to the small silver temple, enclosed in black, with four columns, two on each side, supporting the strong tympanum, this small temple with
crepidoma In classical Greek architecture, crepidoma () is the foundation of one or more steps on which the superstructure of a building is erected. Usually the crepidoma has three levels, especially in Doric temples. However, exceptions are common: For ...
of two steps, founded on a plain of green, accompanied by two firs, one and one, green, natural stems, knotted onto the plain. exterior ornaments of the comune." The banner background is a green cloth. The current coat of arms does not incorporate any of the elements present on the emblems of the municipalities which formed it: an ox passing through Livemmo, three border stones placed side by side for Navono, a rampant lion for Odeno. Instead, it is a variation of the one freely adopted by the municipality with a resolution of 6 January 1950, which depicted two blue bands for Belprato, symbolizing the course of the rivers Tovere and Degnone; the Roman
sacellum A ''sacellum'' is a small shrine in ancient Roman religious contexts. The word is a diminutive of ''sacrum'' (neuter of ''sacer'', "belonging to a god"). The numerous ''sacella'' of ancient Rome included both shrines maintained on private proper ...
on whose ruins the ancient church of Sant'Andrea, known as "dei Morti", of Barbaine was built according to tradition, flanked by two firs, exemplary trees which grow in the local wood; the silver star for Navono, symbolizing the dependent fractions.


Society

, there were 595 inhabitants living in Pertica Alta. From May 27, 1990, until June 14, 1999, the Mayor was Walter Lionello Piccini from the
democrazia Cristiana Christian Democracy (, DC) was a Christian democratic political party in Italy. The DC was founded on 15 December 1943 in the Italian Social Republic (Nazi-occupied Italy) as the nominal successor of the Italian People's Party (1919), Italian ...
. From June 14, 1999, until June 8, 2009, the Mayor was Denis Alessandro Zanolini from
Lega Nord Lega Nord (LN; ), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing politics, right-wing, federalism, federalist, populism, populist and conservatism, conservative list of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. In the run-up to the 201 ...
. Since June 8, 2009 the acting Mayor has been Giovanmaria Flocchini from Lega Nord.


Human geography

The municipality of Pertica Alta is divided into six hamlets: * Lavino, seat of the preschool and of the primary school which form the Comprehensive Institute of Vestone; * Navono; * Noffo, an agglomeration of more recently built houses compared to the other hamlets. The town, unlike the others, has no church, so local Catholics have traditionally been referred to the parish church of Lavino dedicated to San Michele Arcangelo ; * Oden; * Livemmo, seat of the municipality, the rectory, of the Interactive Center of Museum Studies of the Pre-Alpine Culture of Pertica Alta and of the "Maria Leali" municipal library. It is known for its mountain walks and carnival parade. In 2018, Livemmo's 196 residents had a birthrate of near zero and civic life was at a low point, but it invested in a small grocery store. In 2022, it received nearly 20 million euros in COVID recovery funds for Italy allocated by the European Union. * Belprato. It was an independent municipality until 1928 with the name Bel Prato. Until 1863 it was simply called Prato, but the prefix "Bel" was added with royal decree 11 January 1863, number 1126, in order to distinguish it from other homonymous municipalities of the kingdom of Italy. Pertica Alta is crossed by the provincial road SP50 Tavernole-Nozza; this branches off from the municipality of Tavernole sul Mella and connects the Trompia Valley to the Sabbia Valley through the Termine Pass, the border point between the municipalities of Marmentino and Pertica Alta and, in full, between the Trompia and Sabbia valleys. Within the municipality of Pertica Alta it connects the villages of Lavino, Odeno, Livemmo and Belprato, then descending to the center of Nozza, a hamlet in the municipality of Vestone. Pertica Alta is connected to the nearby municipality of Pertica Bassa by SP110 Forno d'Ono - Livemmo, a road that branches off from the town of Forno d'Ono di Pertica Bassa and crossing the hamlet of Avenone, joins up with SP50 Tavernole-Vestone in Livemmo di Pertica Alta.


References


Further reading

* * P. Guerrieri, La Pieve di Savallo e delle Pertiche, in "Memorie Storiche della Diocesi di Brescia, XLIV, 1956, pp. 37–65. * U. Vaglia, Storia della Valle Sabbia, Brescia, 1970. * A. Mazza, Il Bresciano: le montagne e le valli, Bergamo, Editore Bortolotti, 1986. * G. Biati, L. Bresciani, A. P. Volta, V. Volta, Le pertiche di Valle Sabbia: civiltà e arte, Brescia, Istituto Padre Piamarta, 1987.


External links


Lombardia Beni Culturali - Pertica Alta
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