Piazzolo 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

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 70 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 30 km north 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...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 92 and an area of 4.2 km².

Piazzolo borders the following municipalities: Mezzoldo

Mezzoldo

Mezzoldo is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 35 km north of Bergamo...

, Moio de' Calvi

Moio de' Calvi

Moio de' Calvi is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 30 km north of Bergamo...

, Olmo al Brembo

Olmo al Brembo

Olmo al Brembo is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 45 km north of Bergamo...

, Piazza Brembana

Piazza Brembana

Piazza Brembana is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 30 km north of Bergamo...

, Piazzatorre

Piazzatorre

Piazzatorre is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 35 km north of Bergamo...

, Valnegra

Valnegra

Valnegra is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 70 km northeast of Milan and about 30 km north of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 233 and an area of 2.1 km².Valnegra borders the following municipalities: Lenna,...

.

In the cemetery is buried Guido Galli an Italian judge killed by the Red Brigades

Red Brigades

The Red Brigades was a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organisation, based in Italy, which was responsible for numerous violent incidents, assassinations, and robberies during the so-called "Years of Lead"...

in the 80's.