Romano di Lombardia 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 45 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 20 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...

. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on September 17, 1962.

Romano di Lombardia borders the following municipalities: Bariano

Bariano

Bariano is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 40 km east of Milan and about 20 km south of Bergamo...

, Cologno al Serio

Cologno al Serio

Cologno al Serio is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 45 km northeast of Milan and about 10 km south of Bergamo...

, Cortenuova

Cortenuova

Cortenuova is a town and comune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy .The battle of Cortenuova was fought here in 1237....

, Covo

Covo

Covo 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...

, 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....

, Martinengo

Martinengo

Martinengo is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km east of Milan and about 15 km southeast of Bergamo...

, Morengo

Morengo

Morengo is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 40 km east of Milan and about 20 km south of Bergamo...

.

Main sights

• Rocca
  Rocca (architecture)
  Rocca is an Italian term meaning a high, fortifiable stronghold, usually located in smaller towns, beneath or on which the village or town clustered, within which its inhabitants might take refuge at times of trouble; under its owners' patronage the settlement might hope to find prosperity in...
  
   (castle)
• Palazzo della Ragione (13th century), with frescoed halls and a portico once housing the fish market, of probably Roman origins, as well as another Gothic
  Gothic architecture
  Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
  
   portico dating to the 15th century and commissioned 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:...
  
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• Basilica of San Defendente (16th century)
• Countryside church of St. Joseph, one of the most ancient in the area (known from the 12th century)
• Baroque sanctuary of Madonna della Fontana

External links

• Official website