Gazzaniga is a comune

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

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 region of Lombardy

Lombardy

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, located about 60 km northeast of Milan

Milan

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 and about 15 km northeast 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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Gazzaniga borders the following municipalities: Albino

Albino, Italy

Albino is a comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located north of Bergamo and is situated in the Seriana valley. The population continues to increase.- History:...

, Aviatico

Aviatico

Aviatico is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 12 km northeast of Bergamo...

, Cene

Cene

Cene is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km northeast of Bergamo...

, Cornalba

Cornalba

Cornalba is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km northeast of Bergamo...

, Costa di Serina

Costa di Serina

Costa di Serina is a comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy. It is bounded by other communes of Algua and Cornalba....

, Fiorano al Serio

Fiorano al Serio

Fiorano al Serio is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km northeast of Bergamo...

, Vertova

Vertova

Vertova is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km northeast of Bergamo...

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History

Traces of human presence in the Bronze Age

Bronze Age

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 have been found. The first document attesting the existence of a burgh dates from 476 AD, when the Barbarian king Odoacer

Odoacer

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 sacked it. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Confederazione de Honio with other nearby communes; in 1397 it was destroyed by the Ghibellines, followed by the Guelphs in the next year.

Later it was a possession of the Republic of Venice

Republic of Venice

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. In 1629 it suffered from a plague.