Pertica Alta (Brescian: Pèrtega Àlta) is a comune, an Italian town of 559 inhabitants in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy.
[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.
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.
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,[6] flanked by two firs, exemplary trees which grow in the local wood; the silver star for Navono, symbolizing the dependent fractions.
The municipality of Pertica Alta is divided into six hamlets: Pertica Alta is crossed by the provincial road SP50 Tavernole-Nozza; this branches off from the municipality of Tavernole sul Mella and connects the Trompia Valley to the Sabbia Valley through the Termine Pass,[12] the border point between the municipalities of Marmentino and Pertica Alta and, in full, between the Trompia and Sabbia valleys.