Piazza Brembana (
Bergamasque
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: ) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Bergamo
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in the Italian region of
Lombardy
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, located about northeast of
Milan
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and about north of
Bergamo
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.
Piazza Brembana borders the following municipalities:
Camerata Cornello,
Cassiglio,
Lenna
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,
Olmo al Brembo,
Piazzolo,
Valnegra
Valnegra (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 233 and an area of . ...
.
People
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Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni
Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni is the retired Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Sul, bishop of Caxias do Sul and a Scalabrinians, Scalabrinian priest.
Biography
Born in Piazza Brembana in 1943, fourth of five children, he completed his studi ...
, (1943) bishop of
Caxias do Sul
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