Iseo
Encyclopedia
Iseo is a town and comune
in the province of Brescia
, in Lombardy
, Italy
, southeast of Lago d'Iseo. It is bounded by the communes of Provaglio d'Iseo
, Sulzano
, Polaveno
and Paratico
.
It is said to have the first monument ever built to Giuseppe Garibaldi
.
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:...
in the province of Brescia
Province of Brescia
The Province of Brescia is a Province in Lombardy, Italy. It borders with the province of Sondrio in the N and NW, the province of Bergamo in the W, province of Cremona in the SW and S, the province of Mantova to the S, and to the east, the province of Verona and Trentino .Source for statistical...
, in 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...
, Italy
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...
, southeast of Lago d'Iseo. It is bounded by the communes of Provaglio d'Iseo
Provaglio d'Iseo
Provaglio d'Iseo is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in the Lombardy region in Italy.Provaglio d'Iseo is located in the historical region of Franciacorta, famous for its wine production....
, Sulzano
Sulzano
Sulzano is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. Its coat of arms has three golden fishes at the bottom with the letter S in the middle of a red and green colored part of the coat of arms surrounded with golden crests. The color of the crown is silver and red.-External links:*...
, Polaveno
Polaveno
Polaveno is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is bounded by other communes of Sarezzo, Iseo, Ome and Sulzano....
and Paratico
Paratico
Paratico is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. It is located near Lake Iseo....
.
It is said to have the first monument ever built to Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and fled Italy after a failed insurrection. Garibaldi took part in the War of the Farrapos and the Uruguayan Civil War leading the Italian Legion, and...
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