Cassiglio

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Cassiglio
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Cassiglio (Italy)
Cassiglio
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Bergamo  (BG)
Coordinates 45 ° 58 '  N , 9 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 58 '0 "  N , 9 ° 36' 44"  E
height 602  m slm
surface 12.08 km²
Residents 113 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 9 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 24010
prefix 0345
ISTAT number 016061
Popular name Cassigliesi
Patron saint San Bartolomeo
Website Cassiglio

Cassiglio is a municipality in the province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy with 113 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Cassiglio is 45 km north of the provincial capital Bergamo in the Valle Stabine , a side valley of the Val Brembana . The municipality belongs to the Comunità Montana Valle Brembana and the Parco delle Orobie Bergamasche . Lago di Cassiglio lies in the municipality in the Valle di Cassiglio south of the village .

The neighboring municipalities are Camerata Cornello , Cusio , Olmo al Brembo , Ornica , Piazza Brembana , Santa Brigida , Taleggio , Valtorta and Vedeseta .

A partnership with the French community of Le Pont-de-Planches in Franche-Comté has existed since 1992 .

Dance of Death at San Bartolomeo
Casa Milesi

History and sights

Originally part of the municipality of the Valle Averara as Contrada della "Squadra di Sopra" , Cassiglio became an independent municipality in 1647 with 300 inhabitants. From 1810 to 1812 Cassiglio was united with Cusio. In the Kingdom of Lombardy-Veneto , the population rose to 377 (1853). The census after the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 showed 429 inhabitants. Thereafter, a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants can be observed (Censimento 1936: 185). The census of 1951 shows a temporary slight increase in the population with 228. By 2008 the number of residents had been reduced by almost half. The municipal council consists of twelve members who all belonged to a list of citizens ( Lista civica ) in the 2004 elections .

On the outer wall of the parish church of San Bartolomeo there is a dance of death from the second half of the 15th century, which is attributed to Angelo Baschenis . Another depiction of the dance of death from around 1700 can be found alongside other frescoes at Casa Milesi .

According to local tradition, the dead at the Passo di Baciamorti were greeted by their relatives for the last time before they were buried on the old connecting path into Val Taleggio .

Web links

Commons : Cassiglio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Directory at Comuni italiani
  3. ^ Giovanni Antonucci: Una danza macabra a Cassiglio . In: Bergomum, anno 23., ottobre-dicembre 1929, n. 4 Proof in SBN-Opac
  4. ↑ Presentation on the community website