Artogne
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Artogne is an Italian
Italy
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 comune
Comune
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 of 3,440 inhabitants in the province of Brescia
Province of Brescia
The Province of Brescia is a Province in Lombardy, Italy. It borders with the province of Sondrio in the N and NW, the province of Bergamo in the W, province of Cremona in the SW and S, the province of Mantova to the S, and to the east, the province of Verona and Trentino .Source for statistical...

, in Lombardy
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 (Italy
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).

Geography

Artogne lies on the left side of Oglio
Oglio
The Oglio is a left-side tributary of the Po River in Lombardy, Italy. It is 280 km long....

 river, between the towns of Gianico
Gianico
Gianico is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy....

, Pian Camuno
Pian Camuno
Pian Camuno is a comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy....

 and Rogno
Rogno
Rogno is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 90 km northeast of Milan and about 40 km northeast of Bergamo, in the Val Camonica....

.

History

On March 12, 1233 the Brusati family has invested of property and lands Artogne.

In 1331 Zanone called "Mastaio" and Ziliolo Federici
Federici
Federici may mean:*Camillo Federici , Italian actor and playwright*Daniele Federici, , Italian footballer*Danny Federici, musician*Italia Federici, President of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy...

, sons of Bojaco of Gorzone, buying all the property that Girardo Brusati owned in the land of Artogne.

In 1508 is indicated by the name of the map of Artogne Valle Camonica designed by Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance...

, which is kept at the Royal Library of Windsor, in Great Britain.

In 1912 a severe flood hit the country.

In 1927 the town merged with that of Pian Camuno, creating the town of Pian d'Artogne will separate in 1957.

On July 26, 1944 are killed at the Cascina Campelli from nazi-fascists Baptist Pedersoli, Giacomo Marioli and Anthony Cotti Cottini.

Religious architectures

The churches of Artogne are:
  • Church of Santa Maria to Elizabeth, said of the Visitation, fifteenth of origin: the portal of entry is the date 1532;
  • Church of Sant'Andrea fifteenth of style with bell tower of the 15th century.The presbytery is separated from the nave by an iron grating.
  • Parish of Saints Cornelius
    Cornelius
    Cornelius is a Roman family name and a masculine given name. It could be derived from Latin cornu "horn". People, places and things named Cornelius include:-Surname:...

     and Cyprian
    Cyprian
    Cyprian was bishop of Carthage and an important Early Christian writer, many of whose Latin works are extant. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where he received a classical education...

    , the portal in "stone of Sarnico" contains the word "pietas polùpuli erexit years 1751/cornelio et cypria martiribus". The staircase is of the 1959.

Civil architectures

There are several houses of Federici
Federici
Federici may mean:*Camillo Federici , Italian actor and playwright*Daniele Federici, , Italian footballer*Danny Federici, musician*Italia Federici, President of the Council of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy...

, including one with a stone portal of Sarnico and studded wooden door of the 15th century.

Traditions and folklore

The scütüm are in camunian dialect nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The one which characterize the people of Artogne are Patàte, Mascherpine, maia mèlga, Màgole.

External links

Historical photos - Intercam Historical photos - Lombardia Beni Culturali
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