Bergolo 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 Cuneo Cuneo (Italian), or Coni (Piedmontese), is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ( departments of Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Haut ...

in the

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region

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, located about southeast of

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...

and about northeast of

Cuneo Cuneo (; pms, Coni ; oc, Coni/Couni ; french: Coni ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at 550 metres (1,804 ft) in ...

. As of 1 January 2017, it had a population of 68 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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. Bergolo borders the following municipalities:

Cortemilia Cortemilia ( pms, Cortmija) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. Cortemilia borders the following municipalities: Bergolo, Bosia, ...

Levice Levice (; hu, Léva, Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Lewenz, literally lionesses) is a town in western Slovakia. The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river. The Old Slavic name of the town was ''Leva'', which means "the Left On ...

Pezzolo Valle Uzzone Pezzolo Valle Uzzone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. Pezzolo Valle Uzzone borders the following municipalities: Bergolo, Caste ...

, and

Torre Bormida Torre Bormida is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about northeast of Cuneo. Torre Bormida borders the following municipalities: Bergolo, Bosia, Cortemili ...

Demographic evolution

Comital title

The Bergolo estates were part of the minor aristocracy in the Italian nobility of relatively recent heritage (the comital title Count Calvi of Bergolo having been created in 1787). Members of the Calvi di Bergolo line include General Giorgio Carlo Calvi di Bèrgolo (1887–1977), consort of

Princess Yolanda of Savoy Princess Yolanda of Savoy (1 June 1901 – 16 October 1986) was the eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Biography She was born Principessa Iolanda Margherita Milena Elisabetta Romana Maria di Savoia ( en, Princess Yolanda M ...

, sister of

Umberto II en, Albert Nicholas Thomas John Maria of Savoy , house = Savoy , father = Victor Emmanuel III of Italy , mother = Princess Elena of Montenegro , birth_date = , birth_place = Racconigi, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy , d ...

, the last king of Italy; Princess Mafalda of Savoy, wife of the Prince of Hesse, who died at Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944; and the painter Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo (1904–1994), who created the Hall of Murals in Chicago's International Surgical Museum.Collections Spotlight Art and Surgery: The Hall of Murals
commissioned by International Museum of Surgical Science, Gregorio Calvi di Bergolo

References

External links

www.piemonteweb.it/Com/ComHome.asp?Com=666/

Memorial to Ezra Pound in Bergolo
Flickr photo album of the hillside monument erected to promote the American poet's vision for world peace after the events of 9/11
12th century Romanesque St. Sebastian chapel
and cemetery, Flickr photo album cemetery
Catalog of photographs of Bergolo
on FlickrHiveMind Cities and towns in Piedmont {{Cuneo-geo-stub