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Bienno
Bienno
	— Comune —
Comune di Bienno
	Bienno
	; Bienno Location of Bienno in Italy
	Coordinates: 45°56′12″N 10°17′39″E / 45.93667°N 10.29417°ECoordinates: 45°56′12″N 10°17′39″E / 45.93667°N 10.29417°E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Brescia (BS)
	Area
- Total	30 km2 (11.6 sq mi)
Elevation	462 m (1,516 ft)
	Population
- Total	3,510
- Density	117/km2 (303/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	25040
Dialing code	0364
Patron saint	Santi Faustino e Giovita
Saint day	15 febbraio
Website	Official website

Bienno is a Italian comune of 3.609 abitanti^[1] in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.

[edit] Geography

The village is located in Val Grigna, on the northern side of the river Grigna. It is bounded by other communes of Bagolino, Berzo Inferiore, Bovegno, Breno, Cividate Camuno, Collio, Prestine.

House-tower in Bienno

Parish church of St Faustino and Giovita

Danse macabre in St Maria

[edit] History

[edit] Monuments and places of interest

Bienno is part of the club of "The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy" creation of the Council of Tourism of the Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI).

[edit] Religious architecture

The parish church, dedicated to Saints Faustino and Giovita, rebuilt in the early years of 1600 strictly in accordance with the rules counterreformation; single nave with six side altars; impressive painting cycle for most of Giovanni Mauro della Rovere (the Fiamminghino); beautiful cleared in 1647 of wrought iron; body of seventeenth-century origins antegnatiane and remodeled by Serassi.
The smallest church in the lower part of the old town, the Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunziata (once called Santa Maria degli Orti). For a single nave, it contains frescoes of great value products during the sixteenth century by various artists, including Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo and, above all, Girolamo di Romano, said Romanino. Include, among others, a danse macabre to the right of the altar.
Hermitage of St. Peter and Paul, built in the second half of the twentieth century, originated in the XI, XII century, when in came the Valcamonica Cluny.
Church of San Defendente on a hill at the north entrance of Bienno dates back to the fifteenth century.
Church of St Peter in bonds (or San Peder Suc) of XVI century. Stands on an ara of Bacchus (hence the name St. Peter Succo) of which you can see the remains on the back of the building.
Hill of the Christ Re: there stands a monument to Christ the King, the golden statue dating back to 1929.
Chapel of pool, of the fifteenth century, reworked in the seventeenth.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Demographic trends

[edit] 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 Bienno is Padèle.

[edit] Culture

[edit] People linked to Berzo Inferiore

Geltrude Comensoli

[edit] References

^ Dato Istat all'31/12/2008.

[edit] Bibliography

Panazza, Gaetano; Araldo Bertolini (1984) (in italian). Arte in Val Camonica - vol 4. Brescia: Industrie grafiche bresciane.

[edit] External links

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

[0] Dato Istat all'31/12/2008.

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