Calcinate
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Calcinate
| official_name = Comune di Calcinate
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| image_skyline = Calcinate panoramica 02 crop.jpg
| image_caption = Calcinate
| image_shield = Calcinate-Stemma.svg
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| coordinates = {{coord|45|37|N|9|48|E|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Lombardy
| province = Bergamo (BG)
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| mayor = Angelo Orlando
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 14
| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
| population_total = 5963
| population_as_of = 31 May 2021
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| population_demonym = Calcinatesi
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 186
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| saint = Saint Mary of the Assumption
| day = June 29
| postal_code = 24050
| area_code = 035
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.calcinate.bg.it/}}
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{{About|the Italian town|the chemical process|Calcination}}
Calcinate (Bergamasque: {{lang|lmo|Calsinàt}}) is a town and comune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, northern Italy. Its economy is mostly based on industry.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
History
The origin of the town are Gaulish and Roman, though it is first mentioned in a document from 1148. It was conquered by the Republic of Venice in the 15th century, and remained to it until 1797. In that period it became a flourishing agricultural centre.
Main sights
- Santa Maria Assunta - baroque parish church
- San Martino (c. 14th century) - romanesque church
People
- Pietro Vierchowod (born 1959), footballer for Sampdoria, Roma and Milan
- Manolo Gabbiadini (born 1991), footballer for Sampdoria
- Melania Gabbiadini (born 1983), retired footballer for Verona
- Andrea Belotti (born 1993), footballer for Torino
- Vincenzo Vecchi (born 1970), anarchist.{{cite web |author-last=Lutaud |author-first=Bénédicte |date=12 August 2019 |title=Qui est Vincenzo Vecchi, l'activiste italien arrêté en Bretagne? |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/qui-est-vincenzo-vecchi-l-activiste-italien-arrete-en-bretagne-20190812 |access-date=11 August 2022 |work=Le Figaro}}