Santa Maria Annunciata, Bienno
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Church of the Annunciation (Italian: Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Bienno, in the Province of Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy.
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Church of the Annunciation Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Province | Brescia |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | National monument |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Bienno, Italy |
Geographic coordinates | 45.934444°N 10.295278°E / 45.934444; 10.295278 |
Architecture | |
Type | Church |
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The interior walls of the church contains numerous frescos from different periods that include a number of scenes of Madonna and Child, works by Giovanni Pietro da Cemmo and two scenes from the Life of Mary in the apse painted between 1537 and 1541 by Girolamo Romani.