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Bergamasque
The Bergamasque dialect is the western variant of the Eastern Lombard group of the Lombard language. It is mainly spoken in the province of Bergamo and in the area around Crema, in central Lombardy.
Bergamasque has official status in the pro ...
, Sóta 'l Mut; "Under the Mountain"), officially Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII, is a ''
comune'' in northern
Italy. Located in the
Province of Bergamo
The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ''comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo.
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in the Region of
Lombardy
Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...
, the town's official name, much like that of
Riese Pio X Riese may refer to:
*Project Riese, a German Nazi World War II economic project
*Riese Pio X, a municipality in Italy
* Adam Ries (1492–1559), German mathematician
*'' Riese: Kingdom Falling'' (originally named ''Riese''), an American science fic ...
, commemorates the town's most famous son: Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, who later became
Pope John XXIII ( it, Giovanni XXIII).
Twin towns — sister cities
Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII is
twinned with:
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Marktl
Marktl, or often unofficially called ''Marktl am Inn'' ("Little market on the river Inn"), is a village and historic market municipality in the state of Bavaria, Germany, near the Austrian border, in the Altötting district of Upper Bavaria. The ...
, Germany (2009)
References
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