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OPEN CALL - Artist Residence 2025 Registration by 15/03/2025 Residencies from 15/04/2025 The theme 2025 is EMPTY SPACE For Newton and his law of universal gravitation it was necessar...
Where to eat
Bienno is an ancient medieval village in Val Camonica, whose territory lies in Val Grigna. Defined as "the village of Magli", the valley in which Bienno stands is known for the traditional working of ...
Whether it's for a quick meal or an important dinner, the restaurant-pizzeria Il vecchio mulino is the ideal place!In a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, our cuisine offers both traditional Camunian ...
The Pizzeria Victoria Restaurant is located in Bienno, a stone's throw from the ancient hamlet and the hilly trail. In addition to a wide selection of pizzas, you can taste typical dishes of local and...
The Fuego Fuego at Bienno is a takeaway pizzeria where you can enjoy an excellent pizza with light dough and rich good condiments. OPENING TIME Monday closedTuesday (Feast of the Assumption of...
Al Pizzicotto offers its customers a wide range of pizzas, wraps, fried and desserts in a modern location.
The Rugantino Restaurant is located outside the historic center of the medieval village. A warm and friendly family-run establishment with over 20 years experience. The restaurant offers you a rich me...
We are Cinzia and Alessandro, who have been enthusiastic about the biological and natural world for a few days, and for a few days new managers of the park of the Sanctuary of the Maddalena and of Ris...
The Hotel Oasi Verde is a very comfortable structure, as well as being a hotel serves as a restaurant and pizzeria, with dishes from our tradition and not. Closed: Monday
It emerges from the harmonious hilly landscape that stands green in the ancient heart of Val Grigna. And right here, in Prestine Biennale, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, Agriturismo Pres...
Visit our Forge
The operation of the Museum Forge as for the Mill is given by the driving force of the Vessel which flows into the blades of the large hydraulic wheel, in turn connected to the "Erbor" transmission sh...
Visit Our Mill
The operation of the Mulino di Bienno (having been designed to be water-powered) is given by the driving force of the Vaso Rè. The water flowing along the artificial canal crosses the historic cent...
The Bracconiere is a very comfortable place in Degna town on the mountain biennale.The location immersed in nature is very characteristic and reflects an ancient style. OPENING TIME Monday: 10.00 ...
The Belvedere is a very comfortable family-run property,It acts as a hotel with 10 rooms with bathroom, shower and television.It is also equipped with:Restaurant room with mountain view, bar room, 2 l...
The Bazena hut is a very confortable structure, it has 15 rooms (partly with private facilities), dining room, bar, breakfast room, parking and outdoor garden. Colony space with bunk beds and kitchen ...
The Crocedomini hut has been offering for many years as well as a great hospitality to its customers, as well as many bar, restaurant and sleeping facilities with up to 10 beds, fireplace, kitchen and...
The knitwear (small knits) instead serve the finishing of the product, together with the shears (large scissors to eliminate the excess sheet), and are also driven by a hydraulic wheel, smaller in siz...
Once the wheel begins its motion, it also operates the drive shaft connected to it called "Erbor", which, in turn, drives inside the mill a wheel with thirty-six wooden teeth, the "Puleggia".These are...
Next to the mallet is the other fundamental element of the forge, the oven, which serves to heat the pieces of iron, which, once they become malleable, are beaten and worked. The fire is continually...
There are two granite millstones, one upper and one lower.The upper grinder is the one in continuous movement and is perforated on the surface to allow the beans to pass and given the rotary movement ...
B&B
It takes its name from the street where it is located: via Ripa, which in the local dialect becomes “Ria”.This street is one of the main streets of the historic center of Bienno and has a splendid...
Shopping
FOOTWEAR LUCIA DI PEDRETTI GELTRUDEIt offers a great variety of shoes for both men and women to satisfy all tastes and all ages.It is also dedicated to the sale of accessories such as bags, belts, etc...
Vacation homes
The original structure of this guesthouse dates back to the end of the First World War.This large building was built by six families of stonecutters, with the aim of making it their residence.The Bar...
Quercus Wood
A thematic itinerary that starts from the entrance of San Pietro in Vincoli and develops on three levels to climb up to Rocco, the panoramic giant Owl. A portal introduces in the magical world of th...
We are very pleased to inform you that in Casa Valiga, house of artists, hall of frescoes, from 20 April to 4 May, there will be an exhibition of works by the children of the Santa Gertrude C. Infan...
Alice Bontempi was born in Sondalo on January 27, 2000. She immediately makes people talk about her, already in kindergarten in fact teachers express concern about this child who ''is not able to pr...
PANTEGHINI, ANCIENT FLAVORS - ENOTECAEnoteca located on the border of the historic center with the "new" part of the village, offers a wide variety of wines from Italy and beyond. Address: Via Fanto...
Andrea Bettoni was born on April 1, 1994. After spending his childhood and youth in Bienno, he moved to Brescia to attend the Santa Giulia Academy of Fine Arts, where, by chance, he met photography....
Bar e vari...
"L'Antica Torre" is a historic ice-cream shop located in the historic center of the country that has been offering various types of ice cream, granite, frappé, "ice cream brioches", icicles and vari...
The Antico bar is a historic Biennale located in Piazza Roma, with its unique combination of public space and private home, which is now impossible to find. Not to be missed!
Vacation home in the historic center of Bienno, immersed in the history of one of the most beautiful villages in Italy in a modern and spacious location.
Touristic
THE VALLE DEI MAGLI BIENNO CAMPER AREA WILL BE CLOSED FROM TUESDAY 22 APRIL TO THURSDAY 1 MAY Very quiet Camper parking area located in the industrial area of Bienno, bordered ...
Camper rest area
THE VALLE DEI MAGLI BIENNO CAMPER AREA WILL BE CLOSED FROM TUESDAY 22 APRIL TO THURSDAY 1 MAY Very quiet Camper parking area located in the industrial area of Bienno, bordered by the Grigna st...
Crew founded in 2010, created by 3 artists born in '88/89: Marco Cominini (Marco), Claudio Cretti (IlClod) and Nicola Fedriga (Nickneim) all born in Italy, in Valcamonica (BS), a small valley between ...
The Bar & ice-cream shop Astre is a local located at the beginning of the village's historic center, though a very cozy little place where you can also enjoy the soft ice cream.
Augusto Daniel Gallo, born in 1984 in Argentina and artistically trained in Italy, has been working as an illustrator, cartoonist and street portraitist since the age of 21 and then began his journey ...
Shelters
Il Fontaneto is a refuge located on the Bienno mountains a few meters from the Campolaro locality.Here you can find a warm and welcoming atmosphere served by very courteous staff in a location surroun...
Tobacconist, newsstand, Sisal, coffee shop, sandwich shop Monday through Thursday from 05 to 8 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 05 to midnight.
The Bazena refuge is a very comfortable structure, equipped with fifteen rooms, (partly with private bathroom), dining room, bar, breakfast room, parking and outdoor garden. Colony space with bunk b...
Il rifugio Bazena è una struttura molto confortebole, è fornita di 15 camere, (in parte con servizi privati), sala da pranzo, bar, sala per la colazione, parcheggio e giardino esterno. Spazio colon...
Hotel
The Belvedere hotel is a very comfortable family-run hotel, has ten rooms with bathroom, shower and TV, a restaurant and bar with mountain views, two large terraces with panoramic views of the surroun...
ViewPoint
In the middle of the old town, at the height of the washroom at Via Re is the Belvedere, erected to allow visitors a view of our hamlet and surrounding mountains and to honor Battistino Bonali, famous...
The Belvedere is a very comfortable family-run property,It acts as a hotel with 10 rooms with bathroom, shower and television.It is also equipped with:Restaurant room with mountain view, bar room, ...
AESTHETIC CENTER MARITA DI PEDRETTI MARITA - AESTHETIC CENTER Address: Via Roccolo, 8, 25040, Bienno (Bs)Phone: 347/8675432 BETTONI GIULIA - AESTHETIC CENTER Indirizzo: Via Artigiani...
Svago
The Library, located in the historical center of the medieval village, offers its customers a great variety of books, of all kinds, to satisfy the tastes of readers. Assisted by trained and courteou...
The village and its history
Bienno is a common Italian site in Lombardy, in the media Valle Camonica. It has a surface area of 30.54 km² and has a population of about 4000 inhabitants. This wide area is due to the combina...
The village of Prestine before being united to the Municipality of Bienno was a village in itself, strategically placed at the entrance to the Valle Camonica exploited this advantage by always succeed...
The Caffè Centrale bar at the beginning of the historic center offers its guests a great welcome in a location between the modern and the old.
Born in Brescia in 1993. He develops his research in an interdisciplinary way, paying particular attention to site specific installations and interior decoration. In 2016 he graduated in Scenograp...
Inside our Municipality there are several sports fields to allow healthy outdoor fun for children and adults of all ages! Campo sportivo comunale - Via Caduti del Lavoro, Bienno Campo sp...
The Campolungo Refuge located on the Biennese mountains is a very comfortable structure surrounded by greenery. During the summer period the agritourism with refreshment is active and during that of...
Saint Geltrude Comensoli House
Located at the entrance to via Contrizio, a few steps from the border of the historic center, the birthplace of Santa Geltrude Comensoli contains evidence of the life of the Santa Biennese. Inside, ...
The house is strategically located for those who like to visit the village and for those who want to discover Vallecamonica.The village is quaint, there are many sights to see....Connected to neighbor...
House of Artists
Casa Valiga is a compact structure showcasing a Renaissance frontage adorned with exquisite architectural components and decorative solutions. The small palace, which belonged to a family of merchan...
Church of Saint. Maria
St Marie’s Church, built in the fourteenth century, is located in the city center. At first sight, its characteristics are the high bell tower capped with a spire, its mullioned windows, and its fro...
Parish Church
Dating back to 1580, it is located in the upper part of the town on the border of the historic center of the Borgo. Overlooking a large cobbled churchyard at the time the Borgo cemetery still almost...
The Village of Prestine
Rebuilt following an alluvial phenomenon of the Grigna torrent in 1634, it is located in the center of the Borgo di Prestine, then enlarged in 1938, the Parish Church of San Apollonio Vescovo is rich ...
Cinzia Bontempi is a writer and curator of editorial projects, art and photography exhibitions specializing in journalism in London. In 2011 she founded and edited Babylon, the first digital magazin...
For his friends, "Mondo", he was born in 1983, the son of one of the "Maister" blacksmiths of Bienno. From an early age he knows the scent of the forges well because of his father and at the age of 28...
Cristo Re and it hill
The mighty pure gold sculpture of Christ the King with its eight meters of height, the work of the darfur sculptor Timo Bortolotti, dominates the heart of the Valle Camonica from the Colle della Madda...
The great sculpture of "Cristo Re" is a work of art that since 1931 dominates the heart of the Camonica Valley from the hill of Madonna de Bienno.But only a few know its story, from the idea to its cr...
For years the Crocedomini refuge has offered not only great hospitality to its customers but also many bar, restaurant and overnight accommodation options with up to ten beds, fireplace, independent k...
For years the Crocedomini refuge has offered not only great hospitality to its customers, but also many bar, restaurant and overnight accommodation options with up to ten beds, fireplace, independent ...
The Dosso bar offers a very courteous and prepared service inside the park immersed in the nature.In this space you will be able to spend moments of fun thanks also to the upgrading in November 2017 w...
The Dosso Park offers a complete immersion in nature.Within this space it will be possible to pass healthy moments of outdoor fun thanks to the many attractions present.Moreover, thanks to the redevel...
The ecomuseum territory of Vè Rè and the Magli valley is located in Val Grigna, the lateral valley of the Media Valle Camonica, within the Park of Adamello, an area of high environmental value...
She is 80 years old, has always been involved in fashion, has taught sewing with her school, and has always dreamed of making the clothes of the sibyls, painted by Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo in the Chur...
Hermitage of Saints Peter and Paul
The hermitage of S. Pietro e Paolo is a collection of religious buildings which, although outside the historic center of the village, give visitors unique emotions dating back to the 1228-30th century...
She comes from Clermont, a village in the province of Liège in Belgium. It is a small town which, like Bienno for Italy, is one of the most beautiful villages in Wallonia. I grew up in a house surr...
Hygienic - Sanitary
Di seguito i link elencanti le farmacie ubicate nel Comune di Bienno e quelle limitrofe di turno. Farmacia Bienno Farmacia Borgo di Prestine Farmacie limitrofe di turno
FUCINA IN CLOUD Collective digital contemporary art exhibition and videoart Curated by Cinzia Bontempi and Laura Pintossi Opening 10 May 2025 at 18.00 Fucina via Resoleto 14 With the performan...
the b & b takes its name from the street being located in the historic eighteenth-century house of prof. Glere ... recently renovated in a quiet and sunny location.
Welcome bikers in the Cerreto park, we hope you enjoy the paths we have designed for you in the best possible way. Trails, mule tracks and trails of every difficulty are at your disposal to exp...
Welcome to the Cerreto park and venture into the tranquility of the woods, history and culture of our territory Cerreto is a mountain whose woods are strewn with easy and harder paths that’ll let...
Prestine is a small medieval village with Etruscan origins of the middle Valle Camonica, located right above the Municipality of Bienno, at 610 m asl. The Old Town is characterized by local stone ho...
Historical Center
The agglomeration of buildings, located on a predominantly sloping ground, is composed of buildings with solid stone masonry, leaning against each other often with parts communicating with each other....
The History of the Mill
The Mill Museum, located in the Inner City of the Village, is a proof of how the Biennese work culture has survived through the centuries. It is the original nucleus of the Ethnographic Iron, Folk A...
Via Contrizio and surroundings ... We move away from the Vaso Rè, but we continue to hear the soundtrack of the water flowing through the many public fountains, which characterize the territor...
Bienno Borgo Artisti 2.0 is a well-established reality thanks to the effort of our municipality and artists. Its heart is in the“Casa degli Artisti” (Artist’s House) located in Carotti stree...
Opening on 25 April at 6 p.m. in Parada ex Fucine, the exhibition In- Between ( Infra) by Barbara Bernardi, multimedia artist (in residence) and film maker who explores the relationship between body, ...
How to reach us...
The Municipality of Bienno is an ancient medieval village located in northern Italy, in Lombardy, in the province of Brescia, in that limb of land rich in art and culture that is the Camonica Valley,...
The Mill of Taste ...
Dina's Api breeding is a local honey-producing company of different types and flavors. For years Dina has been selling its products within the village mill, which is a great success. The productio...
The History of the Forge
The Smithy Museum, together with the Mill Museum, became the initial and primary core of the Bienno Ethnographic Iron Museum, Folk Arts, and Traditions in 1988. The village's medieval center bears w...
Fuente is a very welcoming place with a warm and youthful atmosphere that will give you some fun moments. Opening time Monday closed Tuesday: 06:30 - 24:30 Wednesday: 06:30 - 24:30 Thur...
The Sawmill of Prestine, probably of medieval origins, is today the last remaining on the entire territory of the ecomuseum of the Vaso Re and Valle dei Magli. At one time this sawmill operated by t...
Casa Valiga is a small building with a Renaissance facade that contains architectural elements and valuable decorative solutions. The plaster on the facade retains traces of a lozenge decoration. T...
Via Contrizio is the main street of the old town. Starting from the Town Hall up to the center of the village, it marks the path of the workshops of artisans and artists participating in the "Bien...
Laura Micieli (aka Cip) is an illustrator and cartoonist. He graduated from the Olivieri Art School in Brescia and continued his studies at the School of Comics in Milan. In 2015 he participated in ...
Bienno, also known as the "Borgo of the seven towers", still almost perfectly preserves four of the defensive structures typical of the late medieval period. The structures had mainly defensive func...
Lucio Avanzini is one of the artists of our village and we can boast in saying that he is a Biennese DOC, in fact he was born in Breno (Bs) on July 29, 1983, but has always lived and still lives in ...
Luigi Ercoli was born in Bienno, in the province of Brescia, on September 24, 1919. Member of the Catholic Action Circle of his country from an early age, he graduated as a surveyor and later opened...
Luppoleto Camuno is a recent local company, born in 2015 from the idea of some local kids.Although the main project is to produce beer, Luppoleto Camuno differs from its competitors also in the ...
The Arcina Malga is one of the bienno dairies from which our Mill refuses. The typical products on sale are:Fatulì, shingles (also this business specialty), goat cheese, butter, yoghurt, goat / co...
The Campolungo Refuge located on the Biennese mountains is a very comfortable structure surrounded by greenery.During the summer period the agritourism with refreshment is active and during that of th...
The Malga Valdajone is located on the Bienno Mountains near Valdajone near the shelter. It houses handicrafts typical of cow's milk products, later sold at various stores including our Mill. Directi...
On this screen you can see maps of Bienno, the Borgo di Prestine and Cerreto, the forested location bordering the village, with its mountain biking and hiking trails, all directions, points of interes...
Born in Savona in 1980, he lives and works in Valcamonica in the village of Bienno in the province of Brescia. He is a mechanical technical expert, and an expert in technologies and industrial product...
The Mazzini bar, located on the main road of Biennale, has for years been available to its very good customers. Opening time Monday closed Tuesday: 05.30 - 24.00 Wednesday: 05.30 - 24.00 ...
