Pontoglio is the westernmost comune of the Brescia area, on the left bank of the Oglio that named it: tenth-century documents call it Ponte Oleo, bridge over the Oglio. The arms repeat it — a sky field, a two-arched bridge with a central turret over water — and come from those of the Pontoglio family, lords of village and castle from the twelfth century.
Brescians and Bergamasques fought for the river: on 6 and 7 July 1191 the Malamorte battle drove the retreating Bergamasques onto a wooden bridge that collapsed, killing hundreds. Six seriole dug between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries still water the fields, and in 1622 a Venetian decree raised the Sarnico-stone bridge, damaged by the French and rebuilt in the nineteenth century.
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Next up: Our Lady of the Assumption, patron celebrated with Saint Anthony the Abbot, Sunday 17 January
Nearest airport: Bergamo Orio al Serio, 17 km away
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📅 Every year, on 17 January, together with the feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot
Pontoglio celebrates its patron Our Lady of the Assumption on 17 January, on the feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot, in the church dedicated to the Assumption. Typical of the town is the Casoncello di Pontoglio De.Co., recognized since 2019.
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