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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Brescia (BS)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Elevation
  
394 m

Local time
  
Thursday 7:22 PM

Province
  
Province of Brescia

Region
  
Lombardy

Demonym(s)
  
Braonesi

Dialing code
  
0364

Area
  
12 km²

Postal code
  
25040

Dialling code
  
0364

Braone httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Weather
  
8°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 50% Humidity

Braone (Braù in camunian dialect) is an Italian comune of 672 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.

Contents

Map of 25040 Braone Province of Brescia, Italy

Geography

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).

Religious architecture

The churches of Braone are:

  • Parish Church of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, reported already in 1439, has a stone portal Sarnico of the eighteenth century. The altarpiece is by Fiammenghino.

    • Traditions and folklore

    The scütüm are in camunian dialect nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The one which characterize the people of Braone is Gàcc.

    References

    Braone Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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