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Saviore dell'Adamello Saviore dell'Adamello ( Camunian: ) is a '' comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. It is bounded by the commune of Cevo Cevo ( Camunian: ) is an Italian ''comune'' in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, Lombardy, northern ...

and

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. It is located near

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near the slopes of

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History

On April 22, 1644, most of the town of Cevo was burned down by a fire started by lightning. On July 3, 1944, most of the houses in the town were either damaged, destroyed, or looted by the combined Wehrmacht and Italian Fascist forces, in retaliation for activities by the partisans. Six people were killed and two-thirds of the 1,200 residents were left homeless.

Main sights

Churches Cevo are: * Church of St. Sixtus of the sixteenth century from earlier Romanesque building, surrounded by a small cemetery. * Parish of San Vigilio of the sixteenth century * Church of Sant 'Antonio Abate

Culture

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camunian dialect Eastern Lombard is a group of closely related variants of Lombard, a Gallo-Italic dialect spoken in Lombardy, mainly in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua, in the area around Cremona and in parts of Trentino. Its main variants are Be ...

nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The one which characterize the people of Cevo is ''Barlócc''.

Twin towns

Cevo is twinned with: *

Trezzo sull'Adda Trezzo sull'Adda ( Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan on the Adda River. The Naviglio Martesana canal starts from the Adda in Trezzo's ter ...

, Italy

References

External links

Historical photos - Intercam

Historical photos - Lombardia Beni Culturali
Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Brescia-geo-stub