Borno, Italy
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Borno is an Italian
Italy
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 comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

  in Val Camonica
Val Camonica
Val Camonica is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, about 90 km long. It starts from the Tonale Pass, at 1883 metres above sea level and ends at Corna Trentapassi, in the comune of Pisogne, near Lake Iseo...

, province of Brescia
Province of Brescia
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, in Lombardy
Lombardy
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It is located on the so-called plateau of the Sun.

Main sights

  • Parish Church of San Martin
    San Martín
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     and John the Baptist
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     (18th century).
  • Oratory of San Antonio, right of the parish. It houses a fresco by Callisto Piazza
    Callisto Piazza
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  • Oratory of the Disciplini
  • Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (17th century)
  • Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, previously dedicated to Saints Vitus and Modestus (16th century)
  • Church of San Fiorino (or Floriano) from the 9th century, with the nave from the 16th century.
  • Church of San Fermo, remodeled in the 16th and 17th century.

Culture

The scütüm are, in Camunian dialect, nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The one which characterize the people of Borno are Burnàs, Bigi, Làder, maia patate.

External links

Historical photos - Intercam Historical photos - Lombardia Beni Culturali


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