Cevo (
Camunian: ) is an Italian ''
comune
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'' in
Val Camonica
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,
province of Brescia
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With an ar ...
,
Lombardy
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, northern
Italy
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.
Neighbouring communes are
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
Berzo Demo
Berzo Demo ( Camunian: ) is an Italian comune in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy.
Geography
The town of Berzo Demo is nestled on the southern slopes of the Pian della Regina. It is formed by three villages: the ...
. It is located near
Valle Camonica
Val Camonica (also ''Valcamonica'' or Camonica Valley, Eastern Lombard: ''Al Camònega'') is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, Italy. It extends about from the Tonale Pass to Corna Trentapassi, in th ...
near the slopes of
Adamello
Adamello (in local dialect ''Adamèl'') is a mountain in Lombardy, Italy. With an elevation of , it is the second highest peak of the Adamello-Presanella Alps. It is located in Valcamonica, Lombardy (Province of Brescia). Its glacier, measured o ...
.
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
![Municipio - Cevo (Foto Luca Giarelli)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Municipio_-_Cevo_%28Foto_Luca_Giarelli%29.jpg)
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
The scütüm are in
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
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