Corteno Golgi

Corteno Golgi
Còrten
Comune
Comune di Corteno Golgi

Coat of arms
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 Brescia (BS)
Frazioni Galleno, Doverio, Lombro, Megno, Ronco, San Pietro in Aprica, Sant'Antonio, Santicolo
Government
 • Mayor Marino Luigi Martinotta
Area
 • Total 82.61 km2 (31.90 sq mi)
Elevation 925 m (3,035 ft)
Population (30 June 2017)[1]
 • Total 1,957
 • Density 24/km2 (61/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Cortenesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 25040
Dialing code 0364
Website Official website

Corteno Golgi (pronounced [ˈkorteno ˈɡɔldʒi]; Camunian: Còrten [ˈkɔrtɛn]) is an Italian village and comune in the central Alps, in the province of Brescia, Lombardy, noterhn Italy. It is in the Val Camonica.

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

Parish Church

Twin towns

Corteno Golgi is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ ISTAT Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.



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