San Zeno Naviglio is a town and comune

Comune

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in the province of Brescia

Province of Brescia

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, Lombardy

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. It is bounded by communes of Brescia

Brescia

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, Borgosatollo

Borgosatollo

Borgosatollo is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is bounded by other communes of Brescia, Castenedolo, Montirone, Poncarale and San Zeno Naviglio placed directly south of the capoluogo, in the higher plain....

, Flero

Flero

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 and Poncarale

Poncarale

Poncarale is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy....

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It is located 6 km south of Brescia.

History

Human settlements in the area date back to the Roman Empire (Roman tombstone near the Cascina Pontevica) and Lombards dominion

Lombards

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. The first documented town was established in the 15th century; the locality was called Tregonzo or Tregoncio which derives from Latin

Latin

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 Inter Gurgites.

Under the Venetian Republic (15th and 18th century, the town was organized in the Quadra of Mairano in 1483, then it passed to the Quadra of Bagnolo. It was occupied by the army from Milan

Milan

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 during the war of Ferrara

Ferrara

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In the ephemeral Napoleonic Repubblica di Brescia (1797), the commune belonged to the Cantone della Garza Orientale. During the Napoleonic dominion, the commune was abolited: town was administrated by Brescia directly. In 1814, Austria

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ns restored the municipality autonomy. In 1881 during an administrative reform of the Kingdom of Italy

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, the commune was renamed San Zeno Naviglio.

In 1817, a bridge was constructed near the Sörèc zone (1817). In 1866, a railway line from Brescia - Cremona was opened along with its railway station. In 1893, the railway construction opened a link to Piadena

Piadena

-World heritage site:It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site....

 and Parma

Parma

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After Second World War

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 the population grew. It reached 2,000 in the 1960s and 3,000 in the 1980s.

Economy

Agriculture is the main source of the economy and within the commune. There are iron and steel plants.

Manufacturing company expanded and opened plants like SETA in the 1950s and Duferdofin in the 1970s.