Sant'Omobono Terme (previously Sant'Omobono Imagna;
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
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region of
Lombardy
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, located about northeast of
Milan
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and about northwest of
Bergamo
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.
Sant' Omobono Imagna borders the following municipalities:
Bedulita,
Berbenno,
Brembilla,
Corna Imagna
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,
Costa Valle Imagna,
Roncola,
Rota d'Imagna
Rota d'Imagna (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northwest of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 857 and an ...
. The former commune of
Valsecca was merged with Sant'Omobono in 2014.
Origins of the name
The toponym originates from the patron saint of the fraction of
Mazzoleni,
which composes the commune together with
Cepino, Selino Alto, Selino Basso, and Valsecca.
The commune of Sant'Omobono Imagna was constituted in 1927 with the aggregation of the communes of Mazzoleni and Falghera, Cepino and Selino. Thanks to a regional law of August 2004, the name was changed from Sant'Omobono Imagna to Sant'Omobono Terme.
Image Gallery
Sant'Omobono Terme, Autumn 2020.jpg, Autumn in Sant'Omobono Terme
Sant'Omobono Terme, Winter 2020-2021.jpg, Sant'Omobono Terme, Winter
References
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