Gazzaniga (

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: or ) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region of

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, located about northeast of

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and northeast 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 ...

. Gazzaniga borders the following municipalities:

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Aviatico Aviatico (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2007, it had a population of 515 and an a ...

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Cornalba Cornalba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2010, it had a population of 310 and an area of .All demogra ...

Costa di Serina Costa Serina (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. Neighbouring communes are Algua, Aviatico, Bracca, Cornalba, Gazzaniga, Serina, Vertova and Zogno Zogno (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (munici ...

Fiorano al Serio Fiorano al Serio ( Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Bergamo. Fiorano al Serio borders the following municipa ...

Vertova Vertova ( Bergamasque: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about northeast of Bergamo. As of 31 May 2021, it had a population of 4,449 and an ...

History

Traces of human presence in the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...

have been found in Gazzaniga. The first document attesting the existence of a burgh (castle) dates from 476 AD, when the Barbarian king

Odoacer Odoacer ( ; – 15 March 493 AD), also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a soldier and statesman of barbarian background, who deposed the child emperor Romulus Augustulus and became Rex/Dux (476–493). Odoacer's overthrow of Romulus Augustul ...

ransacked it. In the Middle Ages Gazzaniga was part of the Confederazione de Honio together with neighbouring communes; in 1397 Gazzaniga was destroyed by the

Ghibellines The Guelphs and Ghibellines (, , ; it, guelfi e ghibellini ) were factions supporting the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor, respectively, in the Italian city-states of Central Italy and Northern Italy. During the 12th and 13th centuries, rivalr ...

, and again by the

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in the next year. Later Gazzaniga was in the possession of the

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. In 1629 Gazzaniga suffered from a

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Demographic evolution

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References

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