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Comune in Lombardy, Italy
Braone Braù
Comune
Comune di Braone
Location of Braone
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Coordinates: 45°59′30″N 10°20′36″E / 45.99167°N 10.34333°E / 45.99167; 10.34333
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceBrescia (BS)
Government
 • MayorGabriele Prandini
Area
 • Total13.36 km (5.16 sq mi)
Elevation394 m (1,293 ft)
Population
 • Total689
 • Density52/km (130/sq mi)
DemonymBraonesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code25040
Dialing code0364
Patron saintPurification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Candlemas)
Saint day2 February
WebsiteOfficial website

Braone (Camunian: Bragù or Braù) is an Italian comune of 672 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.

It is bounded by other communes of Breno, Cerveno, Ceto, Losine, Niardo.

History

See also: Val Camonica

In 1956 coins were discovered in Braone, the latest of which date back to Anastasius I (circa 518 CE).

Main sights

Parish church
  • Parish Church of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, reported already in 1439, has a stone portal Sarnico of the eighteenth century. The altarpiece is by Fiammenghino.

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

External links

Comuni of Val Camonica
Lombardy · Comuni of the Province of Brescia


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