Ardesio

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Ardesio
img_coa = Ardesio-Stemma2.png img_coa_small =
region = RegioneIT|sigla=LOM
province = ProvinciaIT|sigla=BG (BG)
mayor =
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 475-1603
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 53.76
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 2007
population_total = 3672
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 68
coordinates = coord|45|56|0|N|9|56|0|E|region:IT_type:city(3672)
gentilic = UCFIRST:Ardesiani
telephone = 0346
postalcode = 24020
frazioni = Ave, Valcanale, Ludrigno, Carpignolo Ponte Seghe, More, Valzella, Zanetti, Marinoni, Cerete, Cacciamali, Piazzolo, Botto Alto, Rizzolo, Bani ,Valzurio , Babes, Valle, Albareti
saint = San Giorgio
day = 23 aprile
mapx = #expr:45 + 56 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:9 + 56 / 60.0
locator_position =
native_name = Ardesio
name = Ardesio


website = http://www.comune.ardesio.bg.it Ardesio is a commune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy. It also has a "piazza", a square named Piazza del Santuario. On the last Sunday of January people in Ardesio have a goat and donkey exhibition. In this exhibition you can find every kind of goats and donkeys. During this exhibition they award the most beautiful goat. Every 31st January there is "La scasada dol zenerù" (the chasing of January). On this day they celebrate the end of the cold season. They build a puppet representing January and they burn it at the city hall. On the 23rd June people celebrate the anniversary of the Virgin apparition. In this solemnity they commemorate two girls seeing the Virgin Mary in 1607. On this day they have a procession with the people, the band and a statue representing the Virgin, the two girls and the baby Jesus.

Coat of Arms

Its coat of arms is covered with banana-like yellow with an oval-shaped crest in the middle with a label and green trees.

Bounding communes

*Valgoglio
*Gromo
*Oltressenda Alta
*Villa d'Ogna
*Parre
*Premolo
*Oltre il Colle
*Roncobello
*Branzi

External links

*http://lombardia.indettaglio.it/eng/comuni/bg/ardesio/ardesio.html
* [http://www.valseriana.bg.it/italiano/ arte_e_cultura/musei/museo_ardesio.htm Museo Etnocrafico di Ardesio]
* [http://digilander.libero.it/tdsotm2/ Coat of arms of Ardesio]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=&Ardesiocountry=IT Mapquest - Ardesio]