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Pisogne(BS) |
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 Following
the
road on the Brescian coast in the direction of Boario you’ll
reach Pisogne; a vast village with many fractions and quarters.
Elegant buildings surround the big square ‘Piazza
del Mercato’ and the Torre del Vescovo (the widow’s
tower) 32 metres high, where, as the legend tells us, in 1518
eight women were locked up and afterwards burnt alive on the
square because they were accused of sorcery. The historic centre,
slightly higher than the water level, is full of alleys, porticoes
and ancient buildings like the ‘Palazzo Fanzago’ from which we
understand that Pisogne must have lived a flourishing economy,
surely thanks to the commercial function of the Valle Camonica. |
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Santa Maria Assumma:
 Visible
from the Market Square is the parish
di
Santa Maria Assunta
of the XVIII century, with only one bay and a splendid pipe organ
from 1855. There is a beautiful fresco on the dome that represents
the assumption of the Mother Mary |
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Santa Maria della
Neve: In
the street ‘Contrada della Longa’, one finds the church
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Neve, from the
second half of the XV century. It has the typical architecture of
1500. The beautiful cross vaults in the aisle show gothic, Roman
as well as Renaissance elements. |
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Santa Maria in Silvis:
From an architectural point of view the church
Chiesa di
Santa Maria in Silvis,
also from the XV century, is similar to
‘Santa Maria della Neve’, especially the portal. This church is
situated in a quarter a little outside of the centre. It has only
one bay only,
rectangular in plan, a gable roof sustained by trusse. |
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Palazzo Fanzago:
The
Palazzo Fanzago, built in the historic
centre between the square ‘Piazza San Costanzo’ and ‘via San
Marco’ for an ancient family originally from Clusane, is from
1700. On the façade there are some medallions that represent the
characters of the book I Promessi Sposi of Manzoni, an
important writer in the history of Italian literature |
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