Dossena ---

Located just 35 km from Bergamo, Dossena is the iron capital of Val Brembana, one of the first inhabited settlements in the entire area. From the Latin "Dorsum," meaning "ridge, mountain," Dossena was known as the settlement near Monte Vaccareggio, inhabited since the Bronze Age to exploit the rich deposits of metal. When there were no signs, nature was an excellent point of reference! The fluorite deposits present in the Monte Vaccareggio area have always made it a precious land. Curious is the origin of the name of this metal: in Latin "Fluere" means "to flow, to run," because this mineral would melt, becoming liquid, and would flow rapidly at very low temperatures! Because of this property, fluorite was so strategic that it was used