Ponte di Legno

Ponte di Legno (Camunian: Put de Lègn) is an Italian comune of 1,729 inhabitants^[2] in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy.

Ponte di Legno Put de Lègn
Comune
Comune di Ponte di Legno
Location of Ponte di Legno
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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	Ivan Faustinelli (PD)
Area [1]
• Total	100.1 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
Elevation	1,258 m (4,127 ft)
Population  (31-12-2015)[2]
• Total	1,729
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Demonym	Dalignesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	25056
Patron saint	SS. Trinità
Saint day	5 June
Website	Official website

Geography

Ponte di Legno in spring

Situated at the confluence of the two source rivers (Frigidolfo and Narcanello) of the Oglio, Ponte di Legno is the uppermost comune of Valle Camonica.^{[citation needed]}

History

Parish church of the Holy Trinity

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.^{[citation needed]}

On September 27, 1917 the village was bombarded by Austrian cannons and razed to the ground in a short time.^{[citation needed]}

Monuments and places of interest

Religious architectures

The churches of Ponte di Legno are:

• Parish of the Holy Trinity, dated 1685, though the wooden door is from 1929. Inside there are works from the workshop of Ramus.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^{[citation needed]}

Society

Demographic trends

Traditions and folklore

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

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

Twin towns

Ponte di Legno is twinned with:

• Recco, Italy