Paratico

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Paratico
coat of arms
Paratico (Italy)
Paratico
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Brescia  (BS)
Coordinates 45 ° 40 ′  N , 9 ° 57 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 39 ′ 40 "  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 12"  E
surface 6.2 km²
Residents 4,853 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 783 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 25030
prefix 035
ISTAT number 017134
Popular name paraticesi
Website http://www.comune.paratico.bs.it/

Paratico is a municipality with about 4500 inhabitants in the province of Brescia ( Lombardy region ) on the south bank of Lake Iseo .

The Oglio flows through Paratico . The neighboring communities of the place are Adro , Capriolo , Credaro , Iseo , Sarnico and Villongo . Paratico belongs to the Franciacorta wine-growing region and is the end point of the Palazzolo – Paratico railway line . From 1907 to 1999 there was a railway ferry connection from Paratico for goods traffic to the Lucchini Sidermeccanica steelworks in Lovere .

The place was first mentioned in a document in 975 when it was donated. The Lantieri castle ruins from the 13th / 14th centuries belong to Paratico . Century, strategically located on a hill above the paths that went towards the plain. It was built and inhabited by the Lantieri family, but was no longer of use from 1500 and was left to decay. According to an unproven legend, Dante Alighieri stayed at the castle in 1311 and was inspired there to depict the mountain of the Purgatory of his Divine Comedy .

Picture gallery

  • View of Paratico (in the foreground), the outflow of the Oglio from Lake Iseo and Sarnico (behind)

  • railway station

  • Park on the former shunting area for the freight trains to Lovere

  • Former rail ferry terminal

  • Santa Maria Assunta Church

  • Torre Lantieri

Web links

Commons : Paratico  - 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. ^ [I] FS 1993, but like 100 years ago: ferry boats on Lake Iseo (m24B). Retrieved June 15, 2015 .
  3. ↑ ferry traffic on Lake Iseo; Quotes from Drehscheibe 121 (1996) and 141 (1999). Drehscheibe (Bahnzeitschrift) , F. Glaubitz, accessed on June 25, 2018 .
  4. ↑ CHIATTE - LAGO D'ISEO - Trasporti ferroviari in navigazione (YouTube video railway ferry from Paratico to Lovere). Giuseppe Pasi, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Comune di Paratico: Cenni storici
  6. ↑ a b Comune di Paratico: Il Castello