Arzago d'Adda
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Arzago d'Adda is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Bergamo
in the Italian
region of Lombardy
, located about 30 km east of Milan
and about 25 km southwest of Bergamo
.
Arzago d'Adda borders the following municipalities: Agnadello
, Calvenzano
, Casirate d'Adda
, Rivolta d'Adda
, Vailate
. Sights include remains of a Roman villa
from the imperial age, the castle of the Captains of Arzago (turned into a noble residence in the 16th-17th century) and the medieval pieve
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Bergamo
Province of Bergamo
The Province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,098,740 , an area of 2,722.86 square km, and contains 244 comuni...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region of Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
, located about 30 km east of Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
and about 25 km southwest of Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...
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Arzago d'Adda borders the following municipalities: Agnadello
Agnadello
Agnadello is a comune and village in the province of Cremona, lombardy, northern Italy. It was the location of the battle of Agnadello in which Louis XII of France defeated the Venetians on 14 May 1509....
, Calvenzano
Calvenzano
Calvenzano is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 35 km east of Milan and about 25 km south of Bergamo...
, Casirate d'Adda
Casirate d'Adda
Casirate d'Adda is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 30 km east of Milan and about 25 km southwest of Bergamo....
, Rivolta d'Adda
Rivolta d'Adda
Rivolta d'Adda is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 26 km east of Milan and about 58 km northwest of Cremona....
, Vailate
Vailate
Vailate is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km east of Milan and about 50 km northwest of Cremona...
. Sights include remains of a Roman villa
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
from the imperial age, the castle of the Captains of Arzago (turned into a noble residence in the 16th-17th century) and the medieval pieve
Pieve
In the Middle Ages, a pieve was a rural church with a baptistery, upon which other churches without baptisteries depended.The Italian word pieve is descended from Latin plebs which, after the expansion of Christianity in Italy, was applied to the community of baptized people...
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