Cividate Camuno

Template:Infobox Italian comune Cividate Camuno (Camunian: {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) is an Italian comune of 2,774 inhabitants (2011),<ref name=Istat/> in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, 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

Template:See also 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 Roman park of the theatre and amphitheatre

• Anfiteatro romano - Cividate Camuno (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg

  Roman amphitheatre of Cividate Camuno

• Calco statua principe-eroe - Piazza Fiamme Verdi - Cividate Camuno (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg

  Copy of Roman statue in Cividate Camuno

• Torre - Cividate Camuno (Foto Luca Giarelli).jpg

  Tower of Cividate Camuno

• 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
• Blessed Mosè Tovini

External links

• Historical photos - Intercam Template:In lang
• Historical photos - Lombardia Beni Culturali Template:In lang
• Template:In lang Archaeological park with Roman theatre and amphitheatre and national museum Template:In lang

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