Mozzanica 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

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 40 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 south 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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Mozzanica borders the following municipalities: Caravaggio, Castel Gabbiano

Castel Gabbiano

Castel Gabbiano is a comune in the north of the Province of Cremona, in Lombardy, Italy....

, Fara Olivana con Sola

Fara Olivana con Sola

Fara Olivana con Sola is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 km east of Milan and about 25 km southeast of Bergamo...

, Fornovo San Giovanni

Fornovo San Giovanni

Fornovo San Giovanni is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located in the Gera d'Adda, about 40 km east of Milan and about 20 km south of Bergamo....

, Sergnano

Sergnano

Sergnano is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 40 km east of Milan and about 40 km northwest of Cremona...

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Mozzanica is the location of a Rohm and Haas

Rohm and Haas

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 plant. It also houses a 42 m-tall tower, built by Ludovico Sforza

Ludovico Sforza

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 in 1492, on the nearby frontier with the Republic of Venice

Republic of Venice

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