Cologne lies in Franciacorta, against the western flank of Monte Orfano. Its name is the one the Romans gave to the settlers' holdings, the «colonie», and the village spells it out: on the coat of arms, never formally granted but used by the council, a blue bend carries the word COLONIA in gold. Before them the hill was held by the Cenomani Gauls, who watched the Transpadana road from above.
One place name survives from Lombard rule, la Sala: there the harvest was stored and the lord dispensed justice. The turning point came with water: the Fusia canal, dug in the mid-fourteenth century, still cuts the territory from west to east and brought mills and trade. Its branch is called Mirandola, like one of the two hamlets. The bell tower dates from 1514 and began as the watchtower of the first parish church.
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📅 Every year, on 19 June; the 1514 bell tower turned 500 years old in 2014
Cologne celebrates Saints Gervase and Protase on 19 June, in the church dedicated to them. The bell tower, dating to 1514, celebrated its 500th anniversary on 7 September 2014.
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