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

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.

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

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