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(Redirected from Borno, Italy) Comune in Lombardy, Italy
Borno Búren
Comune
Comune di Borno
Town CentreTown Centre
Coat of arms of BornoCoat of arms
Location of Borno
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Coordinates: 45°56′46″N 10°11′56″E / 45.94611°N 10.19889°E / 45.94611; 10.19889
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceBrescia (BS)
FrazioniPaline
Government
 • MayorMatteo Rivadossi (SiAmo Borno (non political))
Area
 • Total30 km (10 sq mi)
Elevation912 m (2,992 ft)
Population
 • Total2,606
 • Density87/km (220/sq mi)
DemonymBornesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code25042
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

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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.

External links

Comuni of Val Camonica
Lombardy · Comuni of the Province of Brescia


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