Piazza Brembana (

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: ) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the Italian region of

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, located about northeast of

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and about north 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 ...

. Piazza Brembana borders the following municipalities:

Camerata Cornello Camerata Cornello (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo. Camerata Cornello borders the following municipalities: ...

Cassiglio Cassiglio (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo. Cassiglio borders the following municipalities: Camer ...

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Olmo al Brembo Olmo al Brembo (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo. Olmo al Brembo borders the following municipalities: Ave ...

Piazzolo Piazzolo (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 92 and an area of . ...

, Valnegra.

People

Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni Alessandro Carmelo Ruffinoni is the retired bishop of Caxias do Sul and a Scalabrinian priest. Biography Born in Piazza Brembana in 1943, fourth of five children, he completed his studies between Rezzato and Cermenate. He entered the Scal ...

, (1943) bishop of

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