Pertica Alta

Pertica Alta (Brescian: Pèrtega Àlta) is a comune, an Italian town of 559 inhabitants in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is located in the upper part of the province and belongs to the Valle Sabbia mountain community.

Neighboring municipalities are Casto, Collio, Lodrino, Marmentino, Mura, Pertica Bassa. and Vestone.

Pertica Alta is located in the upper part of the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is located between the Val Trompia and the Valle Sabbia, circumscribed between the rivers Degnone and Tovere. The territory of Pertica Alta historically and geographically belongs to the Valle Sabbia. It lies in an area of low seismicity (seismic zone 3). [2] It belongs to Climate zone F, 3 496 GG [3]

The origin of the name is to be found in the Langobard custom, according to which the relatives of a warrior lost or fallen in battle far from home erected a pole (Italian: pertica) mounted with a simulacrum of a dove facing the direction of the battle. Inhabitants of Pertica Alta are called Perticaroli.

The municipality of Pertica Alta was created in 1928 when the municipalities of Bel Prato, Livemmo and Navono were merged. The territory of Pertica Alta is a portion of the "Universitas Perticae Vallis Sabbi", a supra-municipal organization existing since 1382. Until 1797, this organization included today's territory of Pertica Bassa and the towns of Bisenzio and Presegno, which belong to the municipal administration of Lavenone.

Pertica Alta's coat of arms and the banner were granted by decree of the President of the Republic of May 13, 2003. "Compounded in a band: the first, in blue, with a star of six rays, in silver; the second, of silver, with two bands, of azure; the third, in red, to the small silver temple, enclosed in black, with four columns, two on each side, supporting the strong tympanum, this small temple with crepidoma of two steps, founded on a plain of green, accompanied by two firs, one and one, green, natural stems, knotted onto the plain. exterior ornaments of the comune." The banner background is a green cloth.

The current coat of arms does not incorporate any of the elements present on the emblems of the municipalities which formed it: an ox passing through Livemmo, three border stones placed side by side for Navono, a rampant lion for Odeno. Instead, it is a variation of the one freely adopted by the municipality with a resolution of 6 January 1950, which depicted two blue bands for Belprato, symbolizing the course of the rivers Tovere and Degnone; the Roman sacellum on whose ruins the ancient church of Sant'Andrea, known as "dei Morti", of Barbaine was built according to tradition, flanked by two firs, exemplary trees which grow in the local wood; the silver star for Navono, symbolizing the dependent fractions.

As of 30 November 2021^[update], there were 595 inhabitants living in Pertica Alta.