comune
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of 672 inhabitants in
Val Camonica
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,
province of Brescia
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, in
Lombardy
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It is bounded by other communes of Breno, Cerveno, Ceto, Losine, Niardo.
History
In 1956 coins were discovered in Braone, the latest of which date back to Anastasius I (circa 518 CE).
Main sights
* Parish Church of the Purification of the
Virgin Mary
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, reported already in 1439, has a stone portal Sarnico of the eighteenth century. The altarpiece is by Fiammenghino.