Calvagese della Riviera ( lmo, Calvages, lmo, label=
Brescian
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, Calvazés) is one of the 206
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of the
Province of Brescia
The Province of Brescia ( it, provincia di Brescia; Brescian: ) is a Province in the Lombardy administrative region of northern Italy. It has a population of some 1,265,964 (as of January 2019) and its capital is the city of Brescia.
With an ar ...
, in the northern
Italian
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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 ...
. It is some west of
Lake Garda
Lake Garda ( it, Lago di Garda or ; lmo, label=Eastern Lombard, Lach de Garda; vec, Ƚago de Garda; la, Benacus; grc, Βήνακος) is the largest lake in Italy.
It is a popular holiday location in northern Italy, about halfway between ...
. Its population of 3,522
[ is divided between the centres of Calvagese itself, Carzago, and Mocasina.][These '']frazioni
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist era (1922–1943) as ...
'' are identified in . Other localities include Belvedere, Ponte Clisi (where there is a bridge across the river Chiese
The Chiese, also known in the Province of Brescia as the Clisi, is a Italian river that is the principal immisary and sole emissary of the sub-alpine lake Lago d’Idro, and is a left tributary of the Oglio.
The river rises from the Adamello in T ...
), and Terzago.
The communes which border on Calvagese della Riviera are Polpenazze del Garda
Polpenazze del Garda ( Gardesano: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is situated near the western shore of Lake Garda.
World heritage site
It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt h ...
, Prevalle
Prevalle (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. Neighbouring communes are Nuvolento, Paitone, Gavardo, Calvagese della Riviera, Muscoline and Bedizzole.
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Cities and towns in Lombardy
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, Bedizzole
Bedizzole (Brescian: ) is a municipality in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy.
Geography
The municipality of Bedizzole extends for 26.4 km², at an average altitude of 171 m s.l.m. and is about 17 kilometers east from the ...
, Padenghe sul Garda
Padenghe sul Garda is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is situated on the southwest coast of Lake Garda. Neighbouring communes are Calvagese della Riviera, Desenzano del Garda, Lonato del Garda, Moniga del Garda a ...
, Lonato
Lonato del Garda (before 1 July 2007 simply Lonato; lmo, label=Eastern Lombard, Lonad, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy. Lonato is located about halfway between Milan and Venice, on the southwes ...
, Soiano del Lago
Soiano del Lago (Brescian, Gardesano: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy.
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Cities and towns in Lombardy
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, and Muscoline
Muscoline (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy
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.
Main sights
The most important building is the church of San Pietro di Antiochia, which has fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
es dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, and paintings by Girolamo Romanino
Girolamo Romani, known as Romanino (c. 1485 - c. 1566), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active in the Veneto and Lombardy, near Brescia. His long career brought forth several different styles.
Biography
Romani was born in Brescia. H ...
(a ''Madonna and Child''), Zenon Veronese (''Deposition'') and other artists of the Venetian school. The church was partially restored during the first half of the 18th century.
Sights in Carzago include the parish church of San Lorenzo, which holds paintings by Gallina
The Gallina or Largo-Gallina culture was an occupation sequence during the pre-Spanish colonization of the Americas, Hispanic period in the American Southwest from approximately 1050 to 1300. The culture was located in north-central New Mexico roug ...
and Cossali, and the remains of a medieval castle whose four towers have remained visible to this day.
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