Gazzaniga | |
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— Comune — | |
Comune di Gazzaniga | |
View of the frazione Orezzo | |
Gazzaniga
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Coordinates: | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Lombardy |
Province | Bergamo (BG) |
Frazioni | Masserini, Orezzo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Marco Masserini |
Area | |
• Total | 14.7 km2 (5.7 sq mi) |
Elevation | 386 m (1,266 ft) |
Population (Dec. 2004)[1] | |
• Total | 5,005 |
• Density | 340.5/km2 (881.8/sq mi) |
Demonym | Gazzanighesi |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Postal code | 24025 |
Dialing code | 035 |
Patron saint | St. Hyppolite of Rome |
Saint day | August 13 |
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.
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 Barbarian 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 in the next year.
Later it was a possession of the Republic of Venice. In 1629 it suffered from a plague.