Vezza d'Oglio (
Camunian: ) is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' in the
province of Brescia
The province of Brescia (; Brescian: ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of some 1,265,964 (as of January 2019) and its capital is the city of Brescia.With an area of 4,785 km2, it is the ...
, in
Lombardy
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, northern
Italy
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. It is located in the upper
Camonica Valley.
Origins of the name
Legend has it that a flood destroyed the ancient town of Rosolina, on the detritus of which the current Vezza was born. Èsa means "barrel", and it was this object that was found in the place of the natural disaster; a barrel full of oil which gave rise to the name. The dialect translation of the name (Éza) means ''barrel''.
Religion
Churches
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San Clemente (1585)
Twin towns
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Flayosc
Flayosc (; Provençal Occitan: ''Flaiòsc'') is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
Geography
Flayosc is west of Draguignan, about from the Mediterranean Sea (to the southeast ...
since 2002
References
2. https://www.comune.vezza-d-oglio.bs.it. Official website. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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