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Bienno
Bienno ( Camunian: ) is an Italian ''comune'' in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, Lombardy, classed as one of the five most beautiful villages of Italy by the Council of Tourism of the Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI). Geography The village is located in Val Grigna, on the northern side of the river Grigna. It is bordered by other towns such as: Bagolino, Berzo Inferiore, Bovegno, Breno, Cividate Camuno, Collio, Prestine. Géographie History In 1295 a dispute occurred with the neighbouring village Bovegno regarding some high pastures. On January 25, 1350 the bishop of Brescia invested iure feuds for a tenth of the rights in the territories of the Municipality of Bienno (vicinia) and men of Bienno. This also happened back in 1295, 1336, and later in 1388, 1423 and 1486. In 1391 the land of Bienno, which sided with the Ghibellines, was the site of extensive cattle raiding by the Guelph Camuni, led by Baroncino Nobili of Lozio. The peace of Breno was ...
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Santa Maria Annunziata, Bienno
Church of the Annunciation ( it, Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Bienno, in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy. The interior walls of the church contains numerous frescos from different periods that include a number of scenes of Madonna and Child, works by Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo and two scenes from the Life of Mary in the apse painted between 1537 and 1541 by Girolamo Romani. See also * Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo *Girolamo Romani Girolamo Romani, known as Romanino (c. 1485 - c. 1566), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active in the Veneto and Lombardy, near Brescia. His long career brought forth several different styles. Biography Romani was born in Brescia. Hi ... External links * Maria Annunciata, Bienno Paintings by Girolamo Romani {{Italy-RC-church-stub ...
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Val Camonica
Val Camonica (also ''Valcamonica'' or Camonica Valley, Eastern Lombard dialect, Eastern Lombard: ''Al Camònega'') is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, Italy. It extends about from the Tonale Pass to Corna Trentapassi, in the commune of Pisogne near Lake Iseo. It has an area of about Area of the municipalities, excluding Val di Scalve and 118,323 inhabitants.Sum of Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT data of communes at 31 December 2007 The River Oglio runs through its full length, rising at Ponte di Legno and flowing into Lake Iseo between Pisogne and Costa Volpino. Almost all of the valley is included in the administrative territory of the province of Brescia, except for Lovere, Rogno, Costa Volpino and the Val di Scalve, which belong to the province of Bergamo. Since 1979, the Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, rock drawings located along the valley are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, while the entire valley became a UNESCO World Bio ...
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Berzo Inferiore
Berzo Inferiore ( Camunian: ) is an Italian comune of 2,316 inhabitantsDato Istat all'31/12/2008
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The village of Berzo Inferiore (Inferiore means "at the bottom" to distinguish from ) is sit ...
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Province Of Brescia
The Province of Brescia ( it, provincia di Brescia; Brescian: ) is a Province in the Lombardy administrative region of northern Italy. It has a population of some 1,265,964 (as of January 2019) and its capital is the city of Brescia. With an area of 4,785 km², it is the biggest province of Lombardy. It is also the second province of the region for the number of inhabitants and fifth in Italy (first, excluding metropolitan cities). It borders the province of Sondrio to the north and north west, the province of Bergamo to the west, the province of Cremona to the south west and south, the province of Mantua to the south. On its northeastern border, Lake GardaItaly's largestis divided between Brescia and the neighboring provinces of Verona (Veneto region) and Trentino (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region). The province stretches between Lake Iseo in the west, Lake Garda in the east, the Southern Rhaetian Alps in the north and the Lombardian plains in the south. The main r ...
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Danse Macabre
The ''Danse Macabre'' (; ) (from the French language), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death. The ''Danse Macabre'' consists of the dead, or a personification of death, summoning representatives from all walks of life to dance along to the grave, typically with a pope, emperor, king, child, and laborer. The effect was both frivolous, and terrifying; beseeching its audience to react emotionally. It was produced as '' memento mori'', to remind people of the fragility of their lives, and how vain were the glories of earthly life. Its origins are postulated from illustrated sermon texts; the earliest recorded visual scheme was a now-lost mural at Holy Innocents' Cemetery in Paris dating from 1424 to 1425. Background Historian Francis Rapp (1926–2020) writes that "''Christians were moved by the sight of the Infant Jesus playing on his mother's knee; their hearts were touched by the Pietà; and pa ...
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Breno, Lombardy
Breno ( Camunian: ; obsolete german: Brenn) is an Italian comune of 4,986 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy. Geography It is bounded by other communes of Niardo, Bagolino, Bienno, Braone, Ceto, Cividate Camuno, Condino (TN), Daone (TN), Losine, Malegno, Niardo, Prestine. The town of Breno stands in a north-south gorge, between the castle hill and the Corno Cerreto, on the left bank of the river Oglio. According to professor Fedele the gorge was once the bed of the Oglio. History On top of the castle hill a house dating back to the Neolithic was discovered. In the locality Spinera, at the river Oglio, there is the Sanctuary of Minerva of the first century CE, which was ruined in the fifth century. In the Middle Ages the Castle of Breno had two towers, one belonging to the Guelph family Ronchi, the other to the Ghibelline family Alberzoni. In the 1397 peace of Breno between Guelphs and Ghibellines, the representatives of the community of Breno si ...
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Giovanni Pietro Da Cemmo
Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo (15th century - 16th century) was an Italian painter. Details on the artist's life are very scarce: perhaps born in Cemmo, he was active from 1474 to 1504 in a large area including Brescia and Cremona. Giovanni Pietro was born into a family of artists. Among the members of his family were Master Ghirardo and Master Paroto, who in 1447 signed an altarpiece for the Pieve of San Siro in Cemmo. His style, at least until 1486, is a footprint Lombard-Venetian Gothic style, while the last period between 1498 and 1504 he showed the influence of Vincenzo Foppa and Bramante Donato Bramante ( , , ; 1444 – 11 April 1514), born as Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio and also known as Bramante Lazzari, was an Italian architect and painter. He introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance style .... References Bibliography * Maria Luisa Ferrari, ''Giovan Pietro da Cemmo. Fatti di pittura bresciana del Quattrocento'', Milano, ...
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Bagolino
Bagolino ( Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy, in the valley of the river Caffaro, on the right side of Valle Sabbia. Bagolino is known for the cheese named Bagòss and the carnival. Similar to grana padano, Bagòss is a salty cheese with traces of natural mold at times. The village retains its medieval appearance, with abutting historical buildings and winding streets, arcades, squares, fountains, and narrow stairs that go up to the church of St. George. The ''frazione'' Ponte Caffaro lies on the shore of Lake Idro. Neighbouring communes * Anfo * Bienno * Bondone (Trentino) * Breno * Collio * Condino (TN) * Idro * Lavenone * Prestine * Storo (TN) Physical Geography Territory Bagolino is placed inside the Caffaro Valley, a tributary valley of the Sabbia Valley. Twin towns Bagolino is twinned with: * Oettingen in Bayern, Germany, since 2000 * Mozac, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a coun ...
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Bovegno
Bovegno (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It borders the communes of Artogne, Berzo Inferiore, Bienno, Collio, Esine, Gianico, Irma, Marmentino and Pezzaze. It is located in the valley named Val Trompia. The Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ...n poet Angelo Canossi spent the last years of his life here, mainly at ''Cà de le bachere'' (now a national monument) in Val Sorda. Notes Twin towns * Narcao, Italy References Cities and towns in Lombardy Hilltowns in Lombardy {{Brescia-geo-stub ...
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Cividate Camuno
Cividate Camuno ( Camunian: ) is an Italian ''comune'' of 2,774 inhabitants (2011), in Val Camonica, province of Brescia The Province of Brescia ( it, provincia di Brescia; Brescian: ) is a Province in the Lombardy administrative region of northern Italy. It has a population of some 1,265,964 (as of January 2019) and its capital is the city of Brescia. With an ar ..., in Lombardy. Geography The territory of Cividate Camuno is bordered by several municipalities: to the east Bienno, on the north Breno and Malegno, to the west Piancogno, and south Esine and Berzo Inferiore. History Originally a Roman town, the ''Civitas Camunnorum'', Cividate Camuno was known as ''Civethate'' in the medieval period. Between 1863 and 1887 Cividate assumed the name "Cividate Alpino", but because of bureaucratic confusion, in 1887 the village re-took the name "Cividate Camuno" . Main sights The main tourist sights of Cividate Camuno are: * Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta, standing on the s ...
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Collio, Lombardy
Collio (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. Neighbouring communes are Bagolino, Bienno, Bovegno, Lavenone, Marmentino, Pertica Alta and Pertica Bassa. Twin towns Collio is twinned with: * Castroreale, Italy * Gonnesa Gonnesa is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about west of Cagliari and about northwest of Carbonia, in the Iglesiente subregion. The town was refounded in the late 18th cent ..., Italy Sources Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Brescia-geo-stub ...
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Prestine
Prestine (''Prèhten'' in camunian dialect) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is situated in the Val Camonica Val Camonica (also ''Valcamonica'' or Camonica Valley, Eastern Lombard dialect, Eastern Lombard: ''Al Camònega'') is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, Italy. It extends about from the Tonale Pass to .... Neighbouring communes are Bagolino, Bienno, Breno and Niardo. References Cities and towns in Lombardy {{Brescia-geo-stub ...
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