Calvagese della Riviera
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| Comune di Calvagese della Riviera | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Brescia (BS) |
| Mayor | Ivana Palestri (elected 2004-06-13) |
| Elevation | 225 m (738 ft) |
| Area | 11.78 km² (5 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2007-01-01) | |
| - Total | 3,238[1] |
| - Density | 275/km² (712/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Calvagesini |
| Dialing code | 030 |
| Postal code | 25080 |
| Frazioni | Carzago, Mocasina |
| Patron | Saint Peter |
| - Day | 22 February |
| Website: www.comune.calvagesedellariviera.bs.it | |
The Commune of Calvagese della Riviera (Italian: Comune di Calvagese della Riviera) is one of the 206 municipalities of the Province of Brescia] in the northern Italian region Lombardy. It is located some 10 km west of Lake Garda and its population of 3,238 is divided between the centres of Calvagese itself (the capoluogo), Carzago, and Mocasina.[2] Further localities include Belvedere, Ponte Clisi (where there is a bridge across the river Chiese) and Terzago.
The communes which border on Calvagese della Riviera are Polpenazze del Garda, Prevalle, Bedizzole, Padenghe sul Garda, Lonato, Soiano del Lago, and Muscoline.
[edit] Art and architecture
The most important building is the church of San Pietro di Antiochia which has frescoes dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and paintings by Girolamo Romanino (a Madonna and child), Zenon Veronese (a Deposition) and other artists of the Venetian school. The church was partially restored during the first half of the eighteenth century.
Monuments of interest in Carzago include the parish church of San Lorenzo, which holds paintings by Gallina and Cossali, and the remains of a medieval castle whose four towers have remained visible to this day.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Population figures from Istat 2007.
- ^ These frazioni are identified in Comune di Cavalgese della Riviera 2006.
[edit] References
- Comune di Calvalgese della Riviera (2006-11-29), Statuto, <http://statuti.interno.it/lista%20province/lista%20comuni/link%20comuni/calvagese_della_riviera.pdf>.
- Istat (2007), “Totale della Popolazione residente al 1 Gennaio 2007 per sesso e stato civile; Provincia: Brescia”, demo.istat.it, <http://demo.istat.it/pop2007/query1.php?allrp=4&Pro=17>.
