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2 unusual facts about Province of Brescia


Pierina Gilli

Pierina Gilli (August 3, 1911- January 12, 1991), was a Roman Catholic Italian visionary born in the municipality of Montichiari which is located in the Brescia province of the Lombardy region in northern Italy).

Veronica Gambara

Born in Pralboino (now in the Province of Brescia), in Lombardy, Italy, Gambara came from a distinguished family, one of the seven children of Count Gianfrancesco da Gambara and Alda Pio da Carpi.


Camillo Golgi

Camillo Golgi was born in July 1843 in the village of Corteno, in the province of Brescia (Lombardy), then part of the Austrian Empire.

Chiara Moroni

Chiara Moroni (Iseo, BS, 23 October 1974) is an Italian politician, daughter of Sergio Moroni, a Socialist politician who killed himself during Tangentopoli.

Giuseppe Baresi

Born in Travagliato, province of Brescia, Baresi made his professional debut during the 1977–78 season, and spent a total of 16 seasons with Internazionale, playing a total of 559 matches (including 392 Serie A matches) and scoring 13 goals.

Luigi Maifredi

Born in Lograto (Province of Brescia), over the course of his career Maifredi has managed at several clubs such as Bologna, Brescia and others, though he is most noted for his short spell with Juventus, where he lost six games in a row and got sacked.

Mariastella Gelmini

Member of the Forza Italia political movement of Silvio Berlusconi since its foundation in 1994, during the same year she became chairperson of the "Azzurri" club in Desenzano del Garda settling the first representation of Forza Italia in the Province of Brescia.

Pakistanis in Italy

Pakistanis living in Sarezzo, a town in the Province of Brescia, are believed to have carried out Italy's first honour killing in June 2007; a man and two of his brothers-in-law were sentenced to thirty years in prison for the killing of the man's 20-year old daughter, who was living with her boyfriend, an Italian man, and had refused an arranged marriage.

Val Camonica

Almost all of the valley is included in the administrative territory of the province of Brescia, excluding Lovere, Rogno, Costa Volpino and the Val di Scalve,which are parts of the province of Bergamo.


see also

Giovanni Giacomo Borni

Giovanni Giacomo Borni (1635 - 29 October 1700) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Lombard in towns near the province of Brescia, including Saviore dell'Adamello.

Iseo

Provaglio d'Iseo, a comune in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy

Sonico

Sonico, Lombardy, a comune in the province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy