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, in the

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region of northern

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. It is a ''frazione'' of

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, having been a commune in its own right until 2013.

History

Quero was founded perhaps by the Greeks. It became feud of the counts of Collalto, and it was territory administered by a popular assembly. St. Girolamo Emiliani was converted in this city in 1511. The parish church was a national monument, destroyed in 1917 by the

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. It has since been completely reconstructed.

Geography

The

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of Quero is extended along the right side of the lowest

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of the

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Twin towns

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, France *

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