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Ponte di Legno

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Country
  
Italy

Elevation
  
1,258 m (4,127 ft)

Area
  
100.1 km²

Postal code
  
25056

Dialling code
  
0364

Region
  
Lombardy

Demonym(s)
  
Dalignesi

Province
  
Province of Brescia

Local time
  
Thursday 10:35 PM

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Province / Metropolitan city
  
Province of Brescia (BS)

Frazioni
  
Poia, Zoanno, Precasaglio, Passo del Tonale, S.Apollonia, Pezzo

Weather
  
7°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 87% Humidity

Ponte di legno 2015


Ponte di Legno (Pònt in the Camunian dialect) is an Italian comune of 1,729 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.

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Map of 25056 Ponte di Legno Province of Brescia, Italy

Adamello ski ponte di legno and tonale


Geography

Situated at the confluence of the two source rivers of the Oglio, Ponte di Legno is the uppermost comune of Valle Camonica.

History

The territory of the municipality of Ponte di Legno was part of the ancient Dalaunia (Dalegno), which included also the comune of Temù.

On September 27, 1917 the village was bombarded by Austrian cannons and razed to the ground in a short time.

Religious architectures

The churches of Ponte di Legno are:

  • Parish of the Holy Trinity, dated 1685, though the wooden door is from 1929. Inside there are works from the workshop of Ramus.
  • Church St. Appollonio in Plampezzo. It is an ancient church dating from the twelfth century, with frescoes of the thirteenth century of the hand of the painter Johannes from Volpino.
  • Traditions and folklore

    The scütüm are in camunian dialect nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The ones which characterize the people of the comune are:

  • Poia: Bòrse
  • Zoanno: Gòs
  • Pezzo: Benui
  • Precasaglio: Berlif
  • Twin towns

    Ponte di Legno is twinned with:

  • Recco, Italy
  • References

    Ponte di Legno Wikipedia