Borno, Lombardy

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