Ardesio

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Comune di Ardesio

Location of Ardesio in Italy
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Province of Bergamo (BG)
Elevation 475-1,603 m (-4,784 ft)
Area 53.76 km² (21 sq mi)
Population (as of 2007)
 - Total 3,672
 - Density 68/km² (176/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 45°56′0″N, 9°56′0″E
Gentilic Ardesiani
Dialing code 0346
Postal code 24020
Frazioni Ave, Valcanale, Ludrigno, Carpignolo Ponte Seghe, More, Valzella, Zanetti, Marinoni, Cerete, Cacciamali, Piazzolo, Botto Alto, Rizzolo, Bani ,Valzurio , Babes, Valle, Albareti
Patron San Giorgio
 - Day 23 aprile
Website: http://www.comune.ardesio.bg.it

Ardesio is a commune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy. It also has a piazza, a square named Piazza del Santuario. On the last Sunday of January people in Ardesio have a goat and donkey exhibition. In this exhibition you can find every kind of goats and donkeys. During this exhibition they award the most beautiful goat. Every 31st January there is "La scasada dol zenerù" (the chasing of January). On this day they celebrate the end of the cold season. They build a puppet representing January and they burn it at the city hall. On the 23rd June people celebrate the anniversary of the Virgin apparition. In this solemnity they commemorate two girls seeing the Virgin Mary in 1607. On this day they have a procession with the people, the band and a statue representing the Virgin, the two girls and the baby Jesus.

[edit] Coat of Arms

Its coat of arms is covered with banana-like yellow with an oval-shaped crest in the middle with a label and green trees.

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