Pozzolengo (

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 an Italian municipality (''

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'') of 3,557 inhabitants in the

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, in

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Geography

Pozzolengo is located in northern Italy on the hills in the south of

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. Though in the

(

), it borders two provinces (

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and

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) and another region (

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). Since it finds itself in a wet land and there used to be many wells, legend has it that the name Pozzolengo derives from the word

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(''pozzo'' in Italian). The town has the following hamlets: Ballino, Belvedere, Bosco, Ceresa, Pirenei, Ponte del Cantone, Rondotto.

History

The town was inhabited starting from

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and saw different peoples. Around 1000 the castle was built upon mount Fluno and in 1510 the church was built . In the 19th century the territory of Pozzolengo was the scene of the battles for the Unification of Italy.

Main sights

* Church of S.Lorenzo Martire * Castle of Pozzolengo * Monumental cemetery, built in 1881 by Giovanni Faini * Mantelli Bog

Cuisine

* Salame Morenico of Pozzolengo, awarded with the De.CO recognition * Traditional biscuit of Pozzolengo, baked with using spelt flour *

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of Pozzolengo * Lugana white wine

References

Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Brescia-geo-stub