Cividate Camuno (
Camunian: ) is an Italian ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' of 2,774 inhabitants (2011),
[ in ]Val Camonica
Val Camonica (also ''Valcamonica'' or Camonica Valley, Eastern Lombard dialect, Eastern Lombard: ''Al Camònega'') is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, Italy. It extends about from the Tonale Pass to ...
, province of Brescia
The Province of Brescia ( it, provincia di Brescia; Brescian: ) is a Province in the Lombardy administrative region of northern Italy. It has a population of some 1,265,964 (as of January 2019) and its capital is the city of Brescia.
With an ar ...
, in Lombardy.
Geography
The territory of Cividate Camuno is bordered by several municipalities: to the east Bienno, on the north Breno and Malegno, to the west Piancogno, and south Esine and Berzo Inferiore.
History
Originally a Roman town, the ''Civitas Camunnorum'', Cividate Camuno was known as ''Civethate'' in the medieval period.
Between 1863 and 1887 Cividate assumed the name "Cividate Alpino", but because of bureaucratic confusion, in 1887 the village re-took the name "Cividate Camuno" .
Main sights
The main tourist sights of Cividate Camuno are:
* Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta, standing on the site of the baptismal chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist, which was replaced after the 11th century by the Romanesque church.
* Church of Santo Stefano. Commanding the countryside, it is accessed by a ladder with four flights with no other possibility of approach (the ladder is dated 1770). Archaeological excavations have reported pre-Christian elements.
* Medieval tower of the 12th-13th century
* Renaissance gates
* Museo nazionale della Valcamonica
The Museo nazionale della Valcamonica is an archaeological museum located in the town of Cividate Camuno (Province of Brescia), which has a collection of Roman-period finds from various excavations which took place mostly in the 17th century in Va ...
The Roman park of the theatre and amphitheatre
File:Anfiteatro romano - Cividate Camuno (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg, Roman amphitheatre of Cividate Camuno
File:Calco statua principe-eroe - Piazza Fiamme Verdi - Cividate Camuno (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg, Copy of Roman statue in Cividate Camuno
File:Torre - Cividate Camuno (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg, Tower of Cividate Camuno
File:Stele cividate - M Bergamo (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg, Stele di Cividate Camuno, Archaeological Museum of Bergamo
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 Cividate Camuno is ''Pàtate'', ''Bö'' or ''Maia Hüche''.
People
* Blessed Giuseppe Tovini
Giuseppe Antonio Tovini (14 March 1841 – 16 January 1897) was an Italian banker and lawyer who became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. He was one of the founder of Banca di Valle Camonica, Banca San Paolo di Brescia and Banco Ambrosi ...
* Blessed Mosè Tovini
References
External links
Historical photos - Intercam
Historical photos - Lombardia Beni Culturali
Archaeological park with Roman theatre and amphitheatre and national museum
Cities and towns in Lombardy
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