| Capo di Ponte Co de Pút |
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| Comune di Capo di Ponte | |
| Location of Capo di Ponte in Val Camonica. | |
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Capo di Ponte
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Province | Brescia (BS) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francesco Rosario Antonio Manella |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2007) | |
| • Total | 2,483 |
| • Density | 137.9/km2 (357.3/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Capontini |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 25044 |
| Dialing code | 0364 |
| Patron saint | Saint Martin |
| Saint day | 11 November |
| Website | Official website |
Capo di Ponte (Co de Pút in camunian dialect) is an Italian comune of 2.483 abitanti[1] in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.
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Located 362 meters above sea level, Capo di Ponte (en. "Head of Bridge") owes its name to the location of some old houses put to the west of the bridge over the River Oglio to the hamlet Cemmo. The current country instead covers the other side of the river, expanding to the east.
On the land of Capo di Ponte there are a great number of rock art parks in Val Camonica
Between the 11th century and the 14th century Capo di Ponte was not a comune, but a hamlet of Cemmo (now is the inverse); its territory was part of the priory of San Salvatore of Tezze.
In 1315 the "Imesigo" marsh, which stretched on the plain of Capo di Ponte until Sellero, was covered by the flooding of the River Re.
On October 14 1336 the Bishop of Brescia Jacopo de Atti invests iure feuds for a tenth of the rights in the territories of Incudine, Cortenedolo, Mù, Cemmo, Zero, Viviano and Capo di Ponte to Maffeo Giroldo Botelli of Nadro.
In 1698 Father Gregorio Brunelli says that the village of Zero (or Serio), which stood along the banks of the River Re, east of the country today, was swept away by high water of that river. Zero has pointed out the last time in 1374, when its territory as are entrusted to the tenth of Botelli of Nadro.
After the fall of the Republic of Venice the "comune of Capo di Ponte" (1797-1798) was founded, which changed its name at first into "comune of Cemmo and Capo di Ponte" (from 1798 to 1815). Under the Lombardo-Veneto kingdom the name was changed to "comune di Capo di Ponte e Cemmo"(from 1816 to 1859). Under the Reign of Italy its name finally became Capo di Ponte (since 1859).
The churches of Capo di Ponte are:
Parks of rock Drawings in Valcamonica
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