Isola di Fondra is an Italian town of 191 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy. Located in the upper Brembana Valley, it is about 45 km north of the orobic capital. The municipality unites two centres of ancient foundation: above all Fondra, where iron, pyrite, copper and silver metals mines used to be. Moreover, the etymology of Fondra seems to validate the original existence of the foundries that worked the extracted minerals. It is known that in the 1600's the skill of the valley workers was known and appreciated outside the province and abroad, where many emigrated seasonally united in family groups: Paganoni, Michetti, Vitali, Scuri, ... And this despite the threats of Venice, which for strategic reasons hindered the emigration of skilled workers outside its territory. The districts of Pusdosso, Comelli, Foppa and Forcella, which in the frescoed decorations of the plasters document the splendor of a flourishing past, were aligned on the "Via del Ferro", which can still be read in several sections due to the width of the track and the regular connection of the cobblestones.
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