Borno, Lombardy

Borno
Búren
Comune
Comune di Borno
Centertown

Coat of arms
Borno
Location of Borno in Italy
Coordinates: 45°56′46″N 10°11′56″E / 45.94611°N 10.19889°E / 45.94611; 10.19889
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Province Brescia (BS)
Frazioni Paline
Government
 • Mayor Veronica Magnolini
Area
 • Total 30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation 912 m (2,992 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 2,653
 • Density 88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Bornesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 25042
Dialing code 0364
Patron saint St. Bartholomew
Saint day 24 June
Website Official website

Borno (Camunian: Búren) is an Italian comune in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.

It is located on the so-called plateau of the Sun.

Main sights

Housetower in Borno
Parish church of S Martin and John


  • Parish Church of San Martin and John the Baptist (18th century).
  • Oratory of San Antonio, right of the parish. It houses a fresco by Callisto Piazza.
  • 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.

People

References

  1. ↑ ISTAT Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.

Sources

  • Panazza, Gaetano; Araldo Bertolini (1984). Arte in Val Camonica - vol 1 (in Italian). Brescia: Industrie grafiche bresciane.


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