Borno, Lombardy

Comune in Lombardy, Italy

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

• Giovanni Battista Re, Roman Catholic cardinal^{[citation needed]}

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

• (in Italian) Historical photos - Intercam
• (in Italian) Historical photos - Lombardia Beni Culturali