Berzo Demo
Bèrs e Dém
Comune
Comune di Berzo Demo
Berzo and Demo's panorama
Berzo and Demo's panorama
Coat of arms of Berzo Demo
Coat of arms
Location of Berzo Demo
Berzo Demo is located in Italy
Berzo Demo
Berzo Demo
Location of Berzo Demo in Italy
Berzo Demo is located in Lombardy
Berzo Demo
Berzo Demo
Berzo Demo (Lombardy)
Coordinates: 46°05′38″N 10°20′4″E / 46.09389°N 10.33444°E / 46.09389; 10.33444
CountryItaly
RegionLombardy
ProvinceBrescia (BS)
FrazioniBerzo, Demo, Monte
Government
 • MayorAnna Frizzante (commissar)
Area
[1]
 • Total15.46 km2 (5.97 sq mi)
Population
 (30 November 2021)[2]
 • Total1,527
 • Density99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Berzesi and Demesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
25040
Dialing code0364
Patron saintSt. Eusebius of Vercelli (Berzo), St. Lawrence (Demo)
Saint day2 August, 10 August
WebsiteOfficial website

Berzo Demo (Camunian: Bèrs Dém) is an Italian comune in Val Camonica, province of Brescia, in Lombardy, northern Italy.

Geography

The town of Berzo Demo is nestled on the southern slopes of the Pian della Regina. It is formed by three villages: the more downstream is Demo, the central one is Berzo and on top is Monte. It is bounded by other communes of Cedegolo, Cevo, Malonno, Paisco Loveno, Sellero, Sonico.

History

Tower-bell in Demo.
St Eusebio in Berzo.

Monday 6 April 1299, the consuls of the vicinia of Berzo and Demo go to Cemmo where is Cazoino Capriolo, Chamberlain of the Bishop of Brescia Berardo Maggi. Here swear according to the usual formula loyalty to the bishop, and pay the tithe due.

On 15 May 1365 the Bishop of Brescia Enrico Sessa invests iure feuds for a tenth of the rights in the territories of Breno, Vione, Vezza, Sonico, Malonno, Berzo Demo, Astrio, Ossimo and Losine Giovanni and Gerardo sons of Pasino Federici of Mu.

The peace of Breno of 31 December 1397, the representatives of the community of Demo, Albertino di Martino di Demo and the notary Giovannino Boldrini of Saviore, stands on the Ghibelline bank of Oglio.

On 17 September 1423 the Bishop of Brescia Francesco Marerio invests iure feuds for a 10th of the rights in the territories of Monno, Cevo, Andrist, Grumello, Saviore, Cemmo, Ono, Sonico, Astri, Malegno, Cortenedolo, Vione, Incudine and Berzo Demo at Bertolino della Torre of Cemmo.

In 1760 Berzo Demo and Monte had 790 inhabitants.

Between 1927 and 1948 (Royal Decree 28 September 1927) Berzo Demo was joint to Cedegolo.

Main sights

The churches of Berzo Demo are:

  • Berzo
    • Parish Church of St. Eusebius, fifteenth century in origin, extended in the seventeenth. The ancon of the high altar was made by Pietro Ramus.
  • Demo
    • Parish of San Lorenzo; the portal bears the date 1757
    • Church of St. Augustine, near the bell tower, now deconsecrated. Within a tombstone dated 1640.
    • Church of San Zeno, on a small hill at the foot of the commune, is of the sixteenth century. It has a triangular tower-bell.
    • Church dedicated to Saint Valentine (or "of the Dead"): Until a few years ago it was covered with votive offerings (ex voto), especially anatomical ones (legs, feet, hands).
  • The bell tower of 1865 stands on the ruins of a medieval tower-house

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

  • Berzo is Bersàgoi
  • Demo is Gòs
  • Monte is Gàcc

On 28 June, the eve of feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the villagers put an egg white in a bottle which they leave in the open air until the next morning; albumin coagulated in filaments then evokes the masts and sails of a boat, it is the boat of Saint Peter.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ↑ ISTAT Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Atlante Demologico Lombardo". demologia.it. Retrieved 2020-07-03.

Sources

  • Baccanelli, Boldini; Moreschi, Ruggeri (2003). Bercio - storia religiosa e civile del comune di Berzo Demo (in Italian). Breno: Tipografia camuna.
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