Corteno Golgi
Village in Lombardy, Italy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Corteno Golgi (pronounced [ˈkorteno ˈɡɔldʒi]; Camunian: Còrten [ˈkɔrtɛn]) is an Italian village and comune in the central Alps, in the province of Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is in the Val Camonica.
Corteno Golgi
Còrten | |
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| Comune di Corteno Golgi | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Corteno Golgi  | |
  Corteno Golgi Location of Corteno Golgi in Italy  Corteno Golgi Corteno Golgi (Lombardy) | |
| Coordinates: 46°10′1″N 10°14′40″E | |
| 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)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,957 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Cortenesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 25040 |
| Dialing code | 0364 |
| Website | Official website |
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.
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Corteno Golgi is twinned with:
Petilla de Aragón, Spain
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