Santa Maria Annunciata, Bienno

Church of the Annunciation
Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata

Façade of the church.
Basic information
Location Bienno, Italy
Geographic coordinates 45°56′04″N 10°17′43″E / 45.934444°N 10.295278°E / 45.934444; 10.295278Coordinates: 45°56′04″N 10°17′43″E / 45.934444°N 10.295278°E / 45.934444; 10.295278
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Province Brescia
Ecclesiastical or organizational status National monument
Status Active
Architectural description
Architectural type Church
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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