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The surname Botta was first found in Cremona a city in Lombardy, capital of the province of Cremona. Founded by the Romans in 218 it has a checkered history. Virgil studied here. The finest building is the cathedral in the Lombard Romanesque style. It was started in 1107. There are many frescos from the 16th century. It was Austrian in 1814, but became a part of Italy in 1859. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Botta research. Another 100 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1090, 1103, 1445, 1477, 1485, 1510, 1535, 1605, 1658, 1698, 1740 and 1778 are included under the topic Early Botta History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Botta, Botto, Botti, Boto, Bota and others.
Prominent among bearers of this family in early times was Biagio Betti (1535-1605), an Italian painter of the Renaissance period; Rinaldo Botti (1658-1740), an Italian painter in the Baroque period, a pupil of Jacopo Chiavistelli; and Gaudenzio Botti (1698-1778), an Italian painter of...
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In France, the name Botta is the 7,015th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1