Ponte di Legno

Ponte di Legno
—  Comune  —
Comune di Ponte di Legno
Ponte di Legno Location of Ponte di Legno in Italy
Coordinates: 46°15′34″N 10°30′34″E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Province of Brescia (BS)
Frazioni	Poia, Zoanno, Precasaglio, Passo del Tonale, S.Apollonia, Pezzo
Government
• Mayor	Mario Giuseppe Bezzi
Area
• Total	100.1 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
Elevation	1,258 m (4,127 ft)
Population
• Total	1,816
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Demonym	Dalignesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	25056
Dialing code	0364
Website	Official website

Ponte di Legno (Pònt in local camunian dialect) is an Italian comune of 1816 inhabitants in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.

Geography

Ponte di Legno is the last comune of Valle Camonica.

History

See also: Val Camonica

The territory of the municipality of Ponte di Legno was part of the ancient Dalaunia (Dalegno), which included also the comune of Temù.

On September 27, 1917 was bombarded by cannons Austrians and razed to the ground in a short time.

Monuments and places of interest)

Parish church of the Holy Trinity

Religious architectures

The churches of Ponte di Legno are:

• Parish of the Holy Trinity, dated 1685, though the wooden door is 1929.Inside there are works from the workshop of Ramus.
• Church St. Appollonio in Plampezzo. It is an ancient church dating from the twelfth century, with frescoes of the thirteenth century of the hand of the painter Johannes from Volpino.

Society

Demographic trends

Traditions and folklore

The scütüm are in camunian dialect nicknames, sometimes personal, elsewhere showing the characteristic features of a community. The one which characterize the people of the comune are:

• Poia: Bòrse
• Zoanno: Gòs
• Pezzo: Benui
• Precasaglio: Berlif

External links

• (Italian) Historical photos - Intercam
• (Italian) Historical photos - Lombardia Beni Culturali