Orzinuovi

Orzinuovi is a northern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 12,638 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. The community is located about 28 kilometers southwest of Brescia and about 60 kilometers east of Milan on the eastern bank of the Oglio. It is immediately adjacent to the provinces of Bergamo and Cremona.

History

As Orci Novi fortress settlement was founded in 1193. From 1466 to 1797 it was part of the Venetian Republic.

Personalities

  • Bartolomeo Montagna (1449/1450-1523), painter
  • Stephana Quinzani (1457-1530), Holy Roman Catholic Church
  • Pier Maria Bagnadore (1550-1627), sculptor and painter
  • Grazio Cossali (1563-1629), painter
  • Margola Franco (1908-1992), composer and music educator
  • Fermo Mino Martinazzoli (1931-2011), politician
  • Cesare Prandelli ( born 1957 ), football player and coach
  • Sergio Volpi ( born 1974 ), football player
  • Giuseppe Favalli (born 1972 ), football player
  • Vanessa Ferrari ( * 1990), gymnast
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