Grumello del Monte 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) of c. 6,000 inhabitants 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

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 60 km northeast 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 15 km southeast 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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Grumello del Monte borders the following municipalities: Carobbio degli Angeli

Carobbio degli Angeli

Carobbio degli Angeli is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 13 km southeast of Bergamo....

, Castelli Calepio

Castelli Calepio

Castelli Calepio 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 southeast of Bergamo...

, Chiuduno

Chiuduno

Chiuduno 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 southeast of Bergamo, mid way between the Bergamo plain and the Valcalepio....

, Gandosso

Gandosso

Gandosso 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 southeast of Bergamo...

, Palazzolo sull'Oglio

Palazzolo sull'Oglio

Palazzolo sull'Oglio is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy, bordering the Province of Bergamo. Other nearby big towns are Chiari and Rovato.-History:...

, Telgate

Telgate

Telgate 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 southeast of Bergamo...

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History

The village's origins date from the Roman domination, as attested by the name, deriving from Latin grumus (hill). The castle was probably built in the 10th century AD.

Main sights

• The medieval castle, turned into a residence by Bartolomeo Colleoni
  Bartolomeo Colleoni
  Bartolomeo Colleoni was a Venetian condottiero, who became Captain-General of the republic of Venice, where there is a famous statue showing him on horseback.-Biography:...
  
  in the 14th century.
• Parish church (1720).
• Sanctuary of the Madonna del Buon Consiglio (15th century)
• Church of San Pantaleone.