Gorlago (

Bergamasque The Bergamasque dialect is the western variant of the Eastern Lombard group of the Lombard language. It is mainly spoken in the province of Bergamo and in the area around Crema, in central Lombardy. Bergamasque has official status in the pro ...

: ) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ''comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo. ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

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 ...

, located about northeast of

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

and about southeast 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 ...

. Gorlago borders the following municipalities: Bolgare, Carobbio degli Angeli, Costa di Mezzate, Montello,

San Paolo d'Argon San Paolo d'Argon (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 5,721 inhabitants in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about east of Bergamo. The commune is located at the begi ...

Trescore Balneario Trescore Balneario (Bergamasque: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Bergamo, Lombardy, northern Italy. Twin towns * Zuera Zuera is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2010 census,Instit ...

. The opera singer Luigi Bolis owned a villa and farm estate on the banks of the

Cherio River The Cherio ( lmo, Chere) is a river of the Province of Bergamo in Lombardy in Italy. The river runs for and has a basin area of . Its source is at above sea level at Monte Torrezzo near Lake Endine. From there, it flows into the Oglio at Palos ...

in Gorlago in the late 19th century and died there in 1905.

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