Gazzaniga
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| Comune di Gazzaniga | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Bergamo (BG) |
| Mayor | Marco Masserini |
| Elevation | 386 m (1,266 ft) |
| Area | 14.7 km² (6 sq mi) |
| Population (as of Dec. 2004[1]) | |
| - Total | 5,005 |
| - Density | 340/km² (881/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Gazzanighesi |
| Dialing code | 035 |
| Postal code | 24025 |
| Frazioni | Masserini, Orezzo |
| Patron | St. Hyppolite of Rome |
| - Day | August 13 |
For other uses, see Gazzaniga (disambiguation).
Gazzaniga is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 60 km northeast of Milan and about 15 km northeast of Bergamo.
Gazzaniga borders the following municipalities: Albino, Aviatico, Cene, Cornalba, Costa di Serina, Fiorano al Serio, Vertova.
[edit] History
Traces of human presence in the Bronze Age have been found. The first document attesting the existence of a burgh dates from 476 AD, when the barbaric king Odoacer sacked it. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Confederazione de Honio with other nearby communes; in 1397 it was destroyed by the Ghibellines, followed by the Guelphs the next year.
Later it was a possession of the Republic of Venice. In 1629 it suffered for a plague.
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