Braone
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Braone
| official_name = Comune di Braone
| native_name = {{lang|lmo|Braù}}
| image_skyline = Panorama-Braone (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg
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| image_shield = Braone-Stemma.png
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| image_map = Map of comune of Braone in Val Camonica (LG).jpg
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| coordinates = {{coord|45|59|30|N|10|20|36|E|region:IT_type:city(610)|display=inline,title}}
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| region = {{RegioneIT|sigla=LOM}}
| province = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=BS}} (BS)
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| mayor = Gabriele Prandini
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 13.36
| population_footnotes = [http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html ISTAT] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184737/http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html |date=March 3, 2016 }}
| population_total = 689
| population_as_of = 30 April 2017
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| population_demonym = Braonesi
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 394
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| saint = Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Candlemas)
| day = 2 February
| postal_code = 25040
| area_code = 0364
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.braone.bs.it/}}
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Braone (Camunian: {{lang|lmo|Bragù}} or {{lang|lmo|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
File:Chiesa della Purificazione di Maria - Braone (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg
- 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
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External links
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- {{in lang|it}} [http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/luoghi/schede/462/?a=20341 - Lombardia Beni Culturali]
{{Comuni of Val Camonica}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Lombardy
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