Provaglio d'Iseo

Provaglio d'Iseo
Country	Italy
region	Lombardy
province	Brescia  (BS)
Local name	Proài
Coordinates	45 ° 37 '  N , 10 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 37 '0 "  N , 10 ° 3' 0"  E
height	330  m slm
surface	16 km²
Residents	7,283 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	455 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	25050
prefix	030
ISTAT number	017156
Popular name	Provagliesi
Patron saint	Peter and Paul
Website	Provaglio d'Iseo

Monte Cologno

Provaglio d'Iseo is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 7283 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Brescia in Lombardy . The municipality is located about 17 kilometers northwest of Brescia and about 31 kilometers west-southwest of Bergamo in the Riserva naturale Torbiere del Sebino and in the Franciacorta .

Palazzo Francesconi Neve in Provaglio

history

The history of the municipality is closely linked to the monastery on Monte Cognole, the Monastero di San Pietro in Lamosa . Provezze has been part of the municipality since 1928 .

Provezze

In the mid-1930s, the community was an important location for the metalworking industry.

Personalities

• Mattia Gavazzi (* 1983), racing cyclist
• Pierino Gavazzi (* 1950), racing cyclist (father of Mattia)
• Pierfranco Vianelli (* 1946), racing cyclist

traffic

Together with the neighboring municipality of Corte Franca (district Timoline ) there is a train station in Provaglio on the Brescia – Iseo – Edolo railway line .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

Commons : Provaglio d'Iseo  - collection of images, videos and audio files