Mozzanica (

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 region of

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, located about east of

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and about south 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 ...

. Mozzanica borders the following municipalities:

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

Castel Gabbiano Castel Gabbiano (Eastern Lombard, Cremasco: ) is a ''comune'' in the north of the Province of Cremona, in Lombardy, northern Italy. References

Municipalities of the Province of Cremona {{Cremona-geo-stub ...

Fara Olivana con Sola Fara Olivana con Sola is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about southeast of Bergamo. Fara Olivana con Sola borders the following municipalities: Baria ...

Fornovo San Giovanni Fornovo San Giovanni (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located in the Gera d'Adda, about east of Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in norther ...

Sergnano Sergnano ( Cremasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about east of Milan and about northwest of Cremona. Sergnano borders the following municipalities: Campagnola Cremasca, ...

. Mozzanica is the location of a Rohm and Haas plant. Located there is a tall tower, built by

Ludovico Sforza Ludovico Maria Sforza (; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (; "the Moor"). "Arbiter of Italy", according to the expression used by Guicciardini,

in 1492, on the nearby frontier with the

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