Corzano
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| Coat of arms | Map |
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| Statistics | |
| Country: |  Italy |
| Region: |  Lombardy |
| Province: | Brescia |
| Location: | |
| Area: | 12 km² |
| Population: | 980 |
| Population density: | 82/km² |
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| Elevation: | m |
| Postal code: | 25030 |
| Area/distance code: | 030 |
| Car designation: | BS |
| ISTAT code: | 017064 |
| Fiscal code: | D082 |
| Gentilic: | corzanesi |
| Website: | www.corzano.it |
Corzano is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy.
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[edit] History
[edit] Introduction
Corzano is a small town with a holy well and fortress visited by pilgrims and Knights on their way to fight in the Holy Wars of the Holy Crusades, where many Kings and nobles of Europe took whole Armies of their people to save the Holy land. The well is still a holy site today where tourists can still come and see pilgrims visit and pay homage.
[edit] Origin of the name
It is said that the town was named after the Corzano family whose every member of the family fought in the Holy Crusades and any member that refused to go fight was exiled forever from the family. They were a noble aristocrat family owning Merchant Ships and having strong Roman Patrician blood lines with members being Templar & Maltese Knights in high authority at one time with vast amounts of wealth and land for Vineyards and Olive trees. After the Crusades the family and town alongside Rene the King of France fought against the city of Venice and its allies to keep the Brescia and its cities from being invaded. Around the mid1700s the family lost power and influence and faded from the pages of history. Today there are still members living throughout Corzano, Florence Italy, Europe, South and North America ,migrating to the Americas in the mid to late 1800's .Involved with Italian Peruvian revolts in Lima, no longer retaining their noble Patrician blood lines, yet anyone with the last name Corzano is undoubtedly directly related and is one family. [1]
[edit] Demographics
The population density is 79.9 people per square km. A 2001 census gives the population as 980 people, composed of 359 families.[2]
[edit] Geography
Corzano is located at 45°26' North, 10°0' West (45.44, 10.00)[3] approximately 100 metres above sea level.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Dwight, Timothy & Hawthorne, Julian (1901), The World's Great Classics, Colonial Press, pp. 323-325, <http://books.google.com/books?id=-psCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA326&lpg=PA326&dq=frate+puccio+had+already+taken+possession+of+nearly+the+whole+territory+except+the+fortress+of+corzano+gambacorti+was+accompanied+while+transferring+his+dominions+by+a+young+pisan+of+great+courage&source=web&ots=8AIWY8qyGn&sig=oEtK7zzlis1aUe2j26E-6k2JlcQ#PPA325,M1>
- ^ City of Corzano, <http://en.comuni-italiani.it/017/064/>. Retrieved on 19 September 2007
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Corzano, <http://lombardia.indettaglio.it/eng/comuni/bs/corzano/corzano.html>. Retrieved on 19 September 2007
