title: Ardesio
text: # Ardesio
  
  Ardesio (Bergamasque: Ardés) is a comune in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, Italy.
  
  ## Events
  
  On the last Sunday of January people in Ardesio have a goat and donkey exhibition. In this exhibition you can find every kind of goats and donkeys.
  
  Every 31 January there is "La scasada dol zenerù" (the chasing of January). On this day they celebrate the end of the cold season. A puppet representing January is burnt at the city hall.
  
  On 23 June people celebrate the anniversary of the Virgin apparition. This event commemorates two girls seeing the Virgin Mary in 1607. A procession is held with a statue representing the Virgin, the two girls and the baby Jesus.
  
  ## Bounding communes
  
  * Valgoglio
  * Gromo
  * Oltressenda Alta
  * Villa d'Ogna
  * Parre
  * Premolo
  * Oltre il Colle
  * Roncobello
  * Branzi
  