area: Collina
Just 5 minutes from Sarnico on Lake Iseo, in a hilly area, it is halfway between Bergamo and Brescia, just 20 minutes from Orio al Serio airport and 40 minutes from Milan. It is also close to Franciacorta for wine and food itineraries.
Adrara San Martino is located on the hills west of Lake Iseo.
The village is situated at an altitude of 355 meters with a population of 2150 inhabitants, while the territory covers approximately 12.53 square kilometers. The first historical records of the existence of the village of Adrara date back to the year one thousand.
However, Adrara and its territory, due to its strategic position as an ancient road linking Bergamo and Brescia that crossed the Oglio near Calepio, under the castle of Trebecco, from which the road to Adrara to Sarnico also branched off, were affected by the great historical events related to the various dominations of the Etruscans, Gauls, Romans, Barbarians, and feudal lords, until the domination of Venice and Napoleon.
Along these roads, Roman tombs and objects have been found, and the ruins of the Etruscan bridge over the Oglio still remain. Adrara was certainly an important fiefdom linked to the presence of two noble families, the Longhi and the Alessandri. The presence of these two noble families led, from ancient times, to the establishment of a school with famous teachers that served the entire valley.
The buildings in the area were made of local gray sandstone. The stone from Sarnico was used for the outlines of doors and windows from the seventeenth century onwards. Previous constructions also used the local stone with large rough faces, as can be seen in the streets of the historic center of Adrara. The center of Adrara itself preserves architectural details from the Romanesque to the neoclassical period.
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* Distances as the crow flies