Botticino is a town and
comune (commune or municipality) in
the province of Brescia, in
Lombardy, Italy
. The
comune was created in 1928 by the union of the former
comuni of
Botticino Mattina and
Botticino Sera which today, together with San
Gallo, are classified as the municipality’s three
frazioni.
It is
bounded by the neighbouring communes of Brescia
, Rezzato
, Serle
. It
lies within the foothills and is directly east of the
capoluogo. It is named after
Pietra di Botticino, lit. the Stone of
Botticino, a valuable sedimentary limestone, and the wine company
Botticino D.O.C..
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