Cevo | |
Official Name: | Comune di Cevo |
Native Name: | Séf |
Coordinates: | 46.0822°N 10.3694°W |
Region: | Lombardy |
Province: | Brescia (BS) |
Frazioni: | Fresine, Andrista, Isola |
Mayor: | Silvio Marcello Citroni |
Area Total Km2: | 35.47 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 818 |
Population As Of: | 30 November 2021 |
Population Demonym: | Cevesi |
Elevation M: | 1100 |
Saint: | Saint Vigilius of Trento |
Day: | 26 June |
Postal Code: | 25040 |
Area Code: | 0364 |
Cevo (Camunian: Séf) is an Italian comune in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy. Neighbouring communes are Saviore dell'Adamello and Berzo Demo. It is located near Valle Camonica near the slopes of Adamello.
See also: Val Camonica. On April 22, 1644, most of the town of Cevo was burned down by a fire started by lightning. On July 3, 1944, most of the houses in the town were either damaged, destroyed, or looted by the combined Wehrmacht and Italian Fascist forces, in retaliation for activities by the partisans. Six people were killed and two-thirds of the 1,200 residents were left homeless.
Churches Cevo are:
The scütüm are in camunian dialect nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The one which characterize the people of Cevo is Barlócc.
Cevo is twinned with: