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Chiuduno

Chiuduno (Bergamasque: ) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo, in Italian region of Lombardy; Chiuduno is located about northeast of Milan and about southeast of Bergamo, midway between the Bergamo plain and the Valcalepio.

Chiuduno borders the following municipalities: Bolgare, Carobbio degli Angeli, Grumello del Monte, Telgate.

History

The settlement has Gaulish origins, and was later a Roman centre as Claudunum on the road between Bergamo and Brescia. It is however mentioned for the first time in a document from 795, and in the Middle Ages it developed and received a fortress.

Main sights

  • Castle (9th century), of which only a tower and other parts remain.
  • Another fortification on the border with the territory of Carobbio degli Angeli (now Suardi villa, 17th century).

Demographic evolution

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