Ponte San Pietro

Ponte San Pietro
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Bergamo  (BG)
Local name	Put San Piero
Coordinates	45 ° 42 '  N , 9 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 41 '52 "  N , 9 ° 35' 17"  E
height	224  m slm
surface	4.59 km²
Residents	11,617 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	2,531 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	24036
prefix	035
ISTAT number	016170
Popular name	Pontesampietrini
Patron saint	St. Peter and Paul
Website	Ponte San Pietro

Ponte San Pietro is a municipality in the northern Italian province of Bergamo in Lombardy . The city is located about 40 km northeast of Milan and about 8 km west of Bergamo .

Ponte San Pietro is conceptually the bridge of Saint Peter. The Brembo River is "crossed" here . The local basilica from the year 881 is dedicated to Peter ( "Basilica Sancti Petri sita ad pontem Brembi" , Latin: Basilica of St. Peter located on the bridge over the Brembo).

A fortress was built here in the 13th century by Manfredino De 'Melioratis; this was razed in the 18th century.

sons and daughters of the town

• Michael Agazzi (* 1984), football player (goalkeeper)
• Simone Consonni (* 1994), cyclist
• Andrea Di Corrado (* 1988), racing cyclist
• Barbara Guarischi (* 1990), cyclist
• Giuseppe Mantecca (born June 26, 1942 in Ponte San Pietro), painter, draftsman since 1972 in Switzerland , lives in Neuenhof AG
• Legler , fashion designer
• Luca Messi (* 1975), boxer
• Ernestino Michelazzo (* 1968), draftsman
• Alvaro Piccardi (* 1941), actor and director
• Morris Possoni (* 1984), racing cyclist
• Giovanni Rossi (1894–1973), painter
• Angelo Rottoli (* 1958), boxer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Giuseppe Mantecca. In: Sikart , accessed January 20, 2016.
3. ↑ Giuseppe Mantecca in mantecca.info