- Caravaggio, Italy
Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Caravaggio-Stemma.gif
official_name = Comune di Caravaggio
name=Caravaggio|mapx=45.5|mapy=9.65
region =Lombardy
province = Bergamo (BG)
elevation_m = 111
area_total_km2 = 32
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 15256
population_density_km2 =477
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|45|30|N|09|39|E|display=inline,title
frazioni = Masano, Vidalengo
telephone = 0363
postalcode = 24043
gentilic = Caravaggini
saint = SS. Fermo and Rustico
day =August 9
mayor = Giuseppe Prevedini (sinceMay 29 ,2006 )
website = [http://www.comune.caravaggio.bg.it www.comune.caravaggio.bg.it]Caravaggio (also known locally as "Careàs") is a town in the
province of Bergamo , inLombardy ,Italy , 40 kilometres east ofMilan .Caravaggio is known for having been the hometown of
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio , from which the ItalianBaroque painter took his name.The city is also known for a Sanctuary built after the event of
May 26 1432 : the young Giannetta De' Vacchi was picking up grass in the fields when, it is said,Mary, the mother of Jesus appeared to the girl. As a sign of the apparition, a spring started to flow. This water eventually brought many beneficial effects to people, and the Sanctuary is build over the source, and it is visited yearly by thousands of pilgrims who go there to drink the holy water.The
Gallavresi Palace (or the Marchioness Palace) is now the administative building in the center of town. It dates to the second half of the 13th century; it has been see to the town administration since 1947.ister projects
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