Almenno San Salvatore (
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 ...
: or simply ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) 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
Italian
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region
Lombardy
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, located about northeast of
Milan
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and about northwest of
Bergamo
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...
.
Almenno San Salvatore borders the following municipalities:
Almè
Almè (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northwest of Bergamo.
Almè borders the following municipalities: Almenno San Bartolomeo, ...
,
Almenno San Bartolomeo
Almenno San Bartolomeo ( Bergamasque: or simply ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northwest of Bergamo.
Almenno San Bartolomeo borders the f ...
,
Paladina
Paladina 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.
Paladina borders the following municipalities: Almè, Almenno San Bartolom ...
,
Strozza,
Ubiale Clanezzo
Ubiale Clanezzo (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.
Ubiale Clanezzo borders the following municipalitie ...
,
Villa d'Almè
Villa d'Almè (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.
Villa d'Almè borders the following municipalities: A ...
.
Sights include the
Santuario della Madonna del Castello, with paintings by
Andrea Previtali
Andrea Previtali (c. 1480 –1528) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo. He was also called Andrea Cordelliaghi.
Biography
Previtali was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Bellini. In Bergamo, he painte ...
and
Gian Paolo Cavagna
Giovanni Paolo Cavagna (c. 1550 – May 20, 1627) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo and Brescia.
Biography
He was born in Borgo di San Leonardo in Bergamo. He is said to have trained in Venice with ...
, the annexed the ''
Pieve
In the Middle Ages, a pieve (, ; la, plebe, link=no; plural ''pievi'') was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended.
The Italian word ''pieve'' is descended from Latin ''plebs'' which, after th ...
'' di Lemine, with 10th-century frescoes, and the
Romanesque church of San Giorgio. The
Rotonda di San Tomè Rotonda can refer to:
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* Rotunda (alternative spelling)
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is also located nearby.
References
External links
Official website
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