Azzano San Paolo
Encyclopedia
Azzano San Paolo is a comune
in the province of Bergamo
, in Lombardy
, Italy
.
The first mention dates 875, in a paper in which he is nominate Agemundi de Aciano.
Then there domination of the Lombards and the Holy Roman Empire, until you get to the Middle Ages, a time when the village was affected by significant clashes between opposing factions of the Guelphs and Ghibellines. This is because of the fact that the country was considered an outpost of the city, so that there were built numerous fortifications for defensive purposes, such as towers and a castle.
The perhaps most significant of all the country's history took place February 20, 1083, when the Earl Albert, son of Arduin III, allowed the serfs to seize homes, lands and any kind of good. This event, reported by official documents, he anticipated by almost seven centuries the democratic achievements towards the slaves, occurred in Europe only since the eighteenth century.
Subsequent eras saw alternating the republic of Venice, which helps to brighten social disputes of the medieval period, the Cisalpine Republic, which took over the Austro-Hungarian domination, only to be finally annexed in 1859 in the Kingdom of Italy.
In 1896 was founded the convent of Dominican nuns from the monastery by religious Matris Domini in Bergamo, adapting an old country house and a textile mill accounts Morlani.
Always small farming village on the outskirts of Bergamo, has maintained that its agricultural vocation until the end of World War II. With the industrialization of the sixties and seventies, the country's economy has diversified, the population has tripled since then and the expansion process is still ongoing because the proximity to the city makes it a suitable area to the settlement.
The oldest part of the country is located in the old church and is still called "castello".
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
in the province of Bergamo
Province of Bergamo
The Province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,098,740 , an area of 2,722.86 square km, and contains 244 comuni...
, in Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
, Italy
Italy
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.
History
The origins date back to Roman times and the place-name, according to many experts, comes from a noble landowner of that historical period named Attius.The first mention dates 875, in a paper in which he is nominate Agemundi de Aciano.
Then there domination of the Lombards and the Holy Roman Empire, until you get to the Middle Ages, a time when the village was affected by significant clashes between opposing factions of the Guelphs and Ghibellines. This is because of the fact that the country was considered an outpost of the city, so that there were built numerous fortifications for defensive purposes, such as towers and a castle.
The perhaps most significant of all the country's history took place February 20, 1083, when the Earl Albert, son of Arduin III, allowed the serfs to seize homes, lands and any kind of good. This event, reported by official documents, he anticipated by almost seven centuries the democratic achievements towards the slaves, occurred in Europe only since the eighteenth century.
Subsequent eras saw alternating the republic of Venice, which helps to brighten social disputes of the medieval period, the Cisalpine Republic, which took over the Austro-Hungarian domination, only to be finally annexed in 1859 in the Kingdom of Italy.
In 1896 was founded the convent of Dominican nuns from the monastery by religious Matris Domini in Bergamo, adapting an old country house and a textile mill accounts Morlani.
Always small farming village on the outskirts of Bergamo, has maintained that its agricultural vocation until the end of World War II. With the industrialization of the sixties and seventies, the country's economy has diversified, the population has tripled since then and the expansion process is still ongoing because the proximity to the city makes it a suitable area to the settlement.
The oldest part of the country is located in the old church and is still called "castello".
Bounding comuni
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