Cedegolo

Cedegolo (Camunian: Sedégol) is an Italian comune of 1,258 inhabitants[2] in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy.

Cedegolo Sedégol
Comune
Comune di Cedegolo
Coat of arms
Location of Cedegolo
Cedegolo Location of Cedegolo in Italy Cedegolo Cedegolo (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 46°04′39″N 10°21′2″E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Brescia (BS)
Frazioni	Grevo
Government
• Mayor	Aurelia Milesi
Area [1]
• Total	11.08 km^2 (4.28 sq mi)
Population  (30 June 2017)[2]
• Total	1,196
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Cedegolesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	25051
Dialing code	0364
Patron saint	St. Jerome
Saint day	September 30
Website	Official website

Geography

The village of Cedegolo is located in a narrow gorge formed by Oglio river, on its eastern side. It is crossed by two streams: the Val Gravagna, further north, and the Poia, to the south.

History

Center town of Cedegolo.

The comune of Cedegolo was created in 1797, at the fall of the Republic of Venice, but became a hamlet of Grevo in 1798. The bridge over the river Poglia (Pôya in eastern Lombard), in the center of the village, was completed in 1592.

From Cedegolo in July 1866 the fourth regiment of volunteers in Italy and the Second Battalion of bersaglieri moved to enter Austrian Trentino, through the Lake Arno.

Main sights

Bridge on stream Poia

• Parish of Saint Jerome, from the early 17th century. The altar is by Pietro Ramus.

Culture

The skötöm are in camunian dialect nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The one which characterize the people of Cedegolo is Lìca-tóncc'.

Cedegolo is one of the few toponyms which in Eastern Lombard requires the determinative article: el Sedegòl.

At least until the second half of the twentieth century the young men of Cedegolo followed the tradition of "tunà" (literally: to shoot) or "fa saltà le tòle" ("to make boxes jump") on the St. Jerome calendar day. It was a pretty dangerous activity involving controlled explosions of acetylene gas, prepared by mixing water with calcium carbide in a hole in the ground covered by a suitable container.

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. ISTAT Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Historical photos - Intercam (in Italian)
• Historical photos - Lombardia Beni Culturali (in Italian)