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Corteno Golgi

Corteno Golgi
Còrten
Comune
Comune di Corteno Golgi
Panorama Corteno Golgi (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg
Coat of arms of Corteno Golgi
Coat of arms
Corteno Golgi is located in Italy
Corteno Golgi
Corteno Golgi
Location of Corteno Golgi in Italy
Coordinates: 46°10′1″N 10°14′40″E / 46.16694°N 10.24444°E / 46.16694; 10.24444Coordinates: 46°10′1″N 10°14′40″E / 46.16694°N 10.24444°E / 46.16694; 10.24444
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province / Metropolitan city Brescia (BS)
Frazioni Galleno, Doverio, Lombro, Megno, Ronco, San Pietro in Aprica, Sant'Antonio, Santicolo
Government
 • Mayor Guido Giacomo Salvadori
Area
 • Total 82.59 km2 (31.89 sq mi)
Elevation 925 m (3,035 ft)
Population (31 December 2011)
 • Total 2,039
 • Density 25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Cortenesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 25040
Dialing code 0364
Website Official website

Corteno Golgi (Còrten in Camunian dialect) is an Italian village and comune in the central Alps, in the province of Brescia, High Camonica Valley.

There is a museum dedicated to Camillo Golgi who was born in Corteno in 1843. Golgi was the first Italian to be awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1906. In 1956 the name of the village was changed from just Córteno to Córteno Golgi in memory of the scientist.

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