Borno, Lombardy Explained

Borno
Official Name:	Comune di Borno
Native Name:	Búren
Coordinates:	45.9461°N 10.1989°W
Region:	Lombardy
Province:	Brescia (BS)
Frazioni:	Paline
Mayor Party:	SiAmo Borno (non political)
Mayor:	Matteo Rivadossi
Area Total Km2:	30
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	2606
Population As Of:	2017
Population Demonym:	Bornesi
Elevation M:	912
Postalcode:	20142
Saint:	St. John the Baptist
Day:	24 June
Postal Code:	25042
Area Code:	0364

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

• 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

Sources

• Book: Panazza , Gaetano . Araldo Bertolini . Arte in Val Camonica - vol 1 . Industrie grafiche bresciane . Brescia . 1984 . Italian .

External links

• Historical photos - Intercam
• Historical photos - Lombardia Beni Culturali

Notes and References

1. http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html ISTAT