Calvagese della Riviera

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Calvagese della Riviera
Comune
Comune di Calvagese della Riviera
Calvagese della Riviera
Location of Calvagese della Riviera in Italy
Coordinates: 45°32′3.48″N 10°26′33.72″E / 45.5343000°N 10.4427000°E / 45.5343000; 10.4427000Coordinates: 45°32′3.48″N 10°26′33.72″E / 45.5343000°N 10.4427000°E / 45.5343000; 10.4427000
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Brescia (BS)
Frazioni Carzago, Mocasina
Government
 • Mayor Ivana Palestri
Area
 • Total 11.78 km2 (4.55 sq mi)
Elevation 225 m (738 ft)
Population (1 January 2007)[1]
 • Total 3,238
 • Density 270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Demonym Calvagesini
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 25080
Dialing code 030
Patron saint Saint Peter
Saint day 22 February
Website Official website

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.

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.

Notes

  1. ↑ Population figures from Istat 2007.
  2. ↑ These frazioni are identified in Comune di Cavalgese della Riviera 2006.

References

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