Borno, Lombardy

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Borno
Búren
Comune di Borno
Town Centre
Town Centre
Coat of arms of Borno
Location of Borno
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
25042
Dialing code0364
Patron saintSt. John the Baptist
Saint day24 June
WebsiteOfficial 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. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ 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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