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Santa Maria Annunciata, Bienno

Coordinates: 45°56′04″N 10°17′43″E / 45.934444°N 10.295278°E / 45.934444; 10.295278
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Church of the Annunciation
Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata
Façade of the church.
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
ProvinceBrescia
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusNational monument
StatusActive
Location
LocationBienno, Italy
Geographic coordinates45°56′04″N 10°17′43″E / 45.934444°N 10.295278°E / 45.934444; 10.295278
Architecture
TypeChurch
Frescos depicting the Marriage of the Virgin by Girolamo Romani

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.

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.

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  • "Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata, Bienno". Retrieved 2011-08-30.