Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella

Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella
Country	Italy
region	Veneto
province	Verona  (VR)
Local name	Sant'Anbroxio de Valpołiceła
Coordinates	45 ° 31 ′  N , 10 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 50 ′ 0 ″  E
height	59  m slm
surface	23.5 km²
Residents	11,987 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	510 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	37015
prefix	045
ISTAT number	023077
Popular name	Ambrosiani
Patron saint	Ambrose of Milan (December 7th)
Website	Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella

Panorama of Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella

Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 11,987 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Verona in Veneto . The municipality is located about 15 kilometers northwest of Verona and about 8.5 kilometers east of Lake Garda . It belongs to the Comunità montana della Lessinia .

The San Giorgio Group is a member of the I borghi più belli d'Italia association (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

history

The place is as a chapel (dedicated to St. George ) in the 11th / 12th. Century was built over a Lombard , possibly also pre-Roman place of worship. The foundations of this church building were visible from the remains of Roman altars.

San Giorgio

Economy and Transport

Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella is located in an important wine-growing area where the Valpolicella of the same name is produced. The Recioto della Valpolicella is also created here. Strada Statale 12 dell'Abetone e del Brennero runs through the municipality from Verona to Trento . The nearest train station is in the Domegliara district on the Brenner railway from Verona to Innsbruck .

Community partnerships

Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella maintains partnerships with the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Oppenheim (Germany) and with the Slovenian municipality of Sežana in the Obalno-kraška region .

Web links

Commons : Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella  - album with pictures, 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 borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 4, 2017 (Italian).