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Leffe, Lombardy

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Country
  
Italy

Frazioni
  
San Rocco

Demonym(s)
  
Leffesi

Area
  
6.9 km²

Postal code
  
24026

Region
  
Lombardy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Bergamo (BG)

Elevation
  
453 m (1,486 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Province
  
Province of Bergamo

Local time
  
Tuesday 11:42 PM

Dialling code
  
035

Leffe, Lombardy

Weather
  
6°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 61% Humidity

Leffe is a town and comune near the Alps in Lombardy, Italy. It is nearly 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Milan, and administratively part of the province of Bergamo. The town is well known because of its textile industry.

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Map of 24026 Leffe Province of Bergamo, Italy

History

Leffe is a town in the province of Bergamo, set on the western side of the Val Gandino. Interesting fossils have been founded during the 20th century in the lignite mines, now preserved at the Museums of Natural Science in Milan and Bergamo. It is mentioned for the first time in a document of 903 with the name of Leufo.

Main sights

  • Palazzo Comunale. It has a portico and open gallery, together with a beautiful internal courtyard and well.
  • The Parish House. It has an open gallery and music room, frescoed by Evaristo Baschenis, a painter from Bergamo of the XVII century.
  • The Parish Church of San Michele (XVI century) , conserving a wooden sculptural group by Andrea Fantoni, dating from 1694, called la Madonnina.

    • References

    Leffe, Lombardy Wikipedia
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