Colorina

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Colorina
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Colorina (Italy)
Colorina
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Sondrio  (SO)
Local name Culurina
Coordinates 46 ° 9 '  N , 9 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 9 '0 "  N , 9 ° 44' 0"  E
height 302  m slm
surface 17.96 km²
Residents 1,377 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 77 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 23010
prefix 0342
ISTAT number 014023
Popular name Colorinesi
Patron saint Bernhard of Clairvaux ( August 20 )
Website Colorina
Colorina municipality in the province of Sondrio
Colorina

Colorina is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1377 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Sondrio in Lombardy .

geography

The municipality is located about eleven kilometers west-southwest of Sondrio in Valtellina . The neighboring municipalities are Berbenno di Valtellina , Buglio in Monte , Forcola and Fusine .

traffic

The municipality is located on Strada Statale 38 dello Stelvio from Piantedo to Bolzano .

Attractions

Sacred buildings

  • Church of San Giacomo in the Gaggine district, medieval.
San Bernardo Church
  • Parish church of San Bernardo in the Colorina district with paintings by Pietro Ligarie.
  • Santuario del Divin Prigioniero a Valle - Voluto da don Folci nel 1923, con affreschi di Nicola Arduino e reliquie sia di DonGiovanni Folci sia del Beato Pagano da Lecco.
  • Parish church Beata Vergine Immacolata in the district of Rodolo, built in the 15th century with a fresco Gloria di Dio and an imposing bell tower.

Civil buildings

  • Old public fountains like Acqua Buna in the Rodolo district.
  • Old Zamboni mill (XIX century) still in operation.
  • The Latteria Sociale , tourist meeting point.

literature

Web links

Commons : Colorina  - 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.