Lovere

Lovere
Comune
Comune di Lovere

Coat of arms
Lovere

Location of Lovere in Italy

Coordinates: 45°48′45″N 10°04′12″E / 45.81250°N 10.07000°E / 45.81250; 10.07000Coordinates: 45°48′45″N 10°04′12″E / 45.81250°N 10.07000°E / 45.81250; 10.07000
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Bergamo (BG)
Government
  Mayor Guizzetti Giovanni
Area
  Total 7.36 km2 (2.84 sq mi)
Population (30 November 2013)[1]
  Total 5,408
  Density 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Loveresi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 24065
Dialing code 035
Patron saint Sts. Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa
Saint day May 18
Website Official website

Lovere is a town and comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy, at the northwest end of Lake Iseo.

The houses in the city have overhanging wooden roofs, typical of Switzerland, united with the heavy stone arcades of Italy; it faces a lake and has a semicircle of mountains behind. Lovere is part of The most beautiful villages in Italy, an Association that notes small Italian towns of strong artistic and historical interest.

History

The first known settlement in Lovere area dates to the 5th and 4th century BC, being of Celtic origin. Later it was conquered by the Romans, attracted by its strategical position at the end of the Val Camonica and the beginning of the Val Cavallina, as well as for the naval transport on the Lake Iseo.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire it was ruled by the Lombards and the Franks. Given to the monks of the Marmoutier Abbey, it was sold to the Bishops of Bergamo, who, at the time of the Guelphs and Ghibellines struggle, were in turn replaced by the Celeri family. The fights lasted until the mid-15th century, when the territory was conquered by the Republic of Venice, whose rule lasted until the French invasion in 1797.

The English aristocrat and writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu spent ten years of her life on the shores of Lake Iseo.

Lovere's land in Valle Camonica.

Main sights

Giovanni Battista Crespi (also known as Il Cerano), Pietro Damini, Jacopo Ligozzi, Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, Santo Prunati, Pietro Ricchi, Elisabetta Sirani, Paris Bordone, Giacomo Ceruti, Antonio Cifrondi, Luigi Frisoni, Giuseppe Vittore Ghislandi (also known as Fra' Galgario), Giandomenico Tiepolo, Francesco Zugno and others. Paintings from the 19th century include works by Eduardo Arroyo, Bengt Lindstrom, Emilio Vedova and others. The palace is also home to marble sculptures by Giovanni Maria Benzoni, Johann Weigel, Andrea Chierici, Luciano Zambetti and Canova. The museum also contains a collection of terracotta, porcelain, antique armor and armaments, and furniture. Palazzo Tadini houses also a zoological collection.

Economy

Lovere possesses a metallurgic plant, Lucchini RS, which employs about 1300 people and specializes in the manufacture of railroad wheels and axles.

Notable people

1906 Medicine Nobel Prize Camillo Golgi studied in Lovere's Liceo Classico. Giacomo Agostini, all-time leader in victories in motorcycle Grand Prix history, was born in Lovere in 1942. Leading cinema critic and RAI author Enrico Ghezzi was born in Lovere in 1952.

External links

References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
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