Bovezzo
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Country | Italy | |
region | Lombardy | |
province | Brescia (BS) | |
Local name | Boès | |
Coordinates | 45 ° 35 ' N , 10 ° 15' E | |
height | 203 m slm | |
surface | 6.35 km² | |
Residents | 7,561 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 1,191 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 25073 | |
prefix | 030 | |
ISTAT number | 017025 | |
Popular name | Bovozzesi | |
Patron saint | Apollonius (saint) ( April 21 ) | |
Website | Bovezzo |
Bovezzo is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 7561 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Brescia in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 6 kilometers north-northeast of Brescia in the Valle Trompia .
history
The original Latin name Buetium indicates an ancient settlement. In fact, numerous finds already indicate settlement in the late Bronze Age. The actual village of Bovezzo has medieval origins. Until the conquest by Napoleon, the settlement was ruled by the Republic of Venice during the Renaissance . The Accademia Musicale Giovanni Gabrieli has been based here since 1979.
literature
- Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, p. 665.
- Lombardia - Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5 , Bovezzo Online
Web links
Commons : Bovezzo - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.