Church of Saint Anthony Abbot () is a

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in the town of Breno, in the

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, northern

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. The church contains fragments of Frescos on three walls around the chancel by

Girolamo Romani Girolamo Romani, known as Romanino ( – ), was an Italian High Renaissance painter active in the Veneto and Lombardy, near Brescia. His long career brought forth several different styles. Biography Romani was born in Brescia. His early trai ...

in collaboration with Daniele Mori, who also worked with him in

Pisogne Pisogne (Camunian dialect, Camunian: ) is a ''comune'' of 8156 inhabitants in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. It is located about 30 kilometers (19 mi) northwest of Brescia, 51 kilometers (32 miles) northeast of Bergamo, and 97 ...

and

Bienno Bienno (Camunian dialect, Camunian: ) is an Italian ''comune'' in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, Lombardy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). Geography The village is located in Val Grigna, o ...

. These frescos of scenes from the "

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" are inspired by the grotesque and anti-classical artististic expression that pervades strongly in

Valcamonica Val Camonica or Valcamonica (), also Valle Camonica and anglicized as Camonica Valley, is one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, in eastern Lombardy, Italy. It extends about from the Tonale Pass to Corna Trentapassi, in the c ...

.G. Testori, ''Sotto il cielo di Romanino'', in "Testori a Brescia", (a cura di Associazione Giovanni Testori), Silvana Editoriale, 2003

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* Antonio Abate, Breno {{Lombardy-RC-church-stub

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