Cividate Camuno
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Cividate Camuno Hiidà |
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| Comune di Cividate Camuno | ||
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 Cividate Camuno
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| Coordinates: 45°56′36″N 10°16′42″E / 45.94333°N 10.27833°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Lombardy | |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Brescia (BS) | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Cesare Damiola | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3 km2 (1 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 275 m (902 ft) | |
| Population (31 December 2011) | ||
| • Total | 2,774 | |
| • Density | 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Cividatesi | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 25040 | |
| Dialing code | 0364 | |
| Patron saint | Saint Stephen | |
| Saint day | 26 December | |
| Website | Official website | |
Cividate Camuno (Hiidà in local camunian dialect) is an Italian comune of 2,774 inhabitants (2011), in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.
The territory of Cividate Camuno is bordered by several municipalities: to the east Bienno, on the north Breno and Malegno, to the west Piancogno, and south Esine and Berzo Inferiore.
Originally a Roman town, the Civitas Camunnorum, Cividate Camuno was known as Civethate in the medieval period.
Between 1863 and 1887 Cividate assumed the name "Cividate Alpino", but because of bureaucratic confusion, in 1887 the village re-took the name "Cividate Camuno" .
The main tourist sights of Cividate Camuno are:
Roman amphitheatre of Cividate Camuno.
Copy of Roman statue in Cividate Camuno.
Tower of Cividate Camuno.
The scütüm are in camunian dialect nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The one which characterize the people of Cividate Camuno is Pàtate, Bö or Maia Hüche.
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