Worth seeing in Bedizzole

Piazza XXV Aprile, 25081 Bedizzole BS

The fortress walls arose for defensive purposes between the 9th and 10th centuries, above a rise from which the plain and the valley, crossed by the Chiese River, were dominated. The fortress served its military function until 1401. At the end of the 15th century, there was extensive reconstruction work for the damage suffered by the fortress system over time; works at the castle factory also began, those of repositioning the outer ditch, and at the same time the wall was completed.The inner settlement consisted of a regular mesh with buildings arranged on parallel lines and double facing very narrow intermediate alleys. One of the inner buildings was for a long time municipal headquarters, later during the wars of independence it was used as a hospital, evidence has been found of wounded brought to the Castle in Bedizzole following the bloody battle of Solferino. The Castle becomes an open square for culture, especially theater performances, during the summer. It is also the protagonist of the Notte Bianca, an event that lights up the historic center of Bedizzole every early June.

Christianity in Bedizzole spread around the 6th century; the barbarian invasions of the 5th and 6th centuries left a power vacuum that was filled by religious power and the gradual spread of Christianity in the countryside. Around the 6th century, the slow transition from rural pages to parishes took place.

The Brescian territory numbered 58 Pievi, and that of Pontenove had a wide jurisdiction over the surrounding territory; in addition to Bedizzole it also controlled Calcinato, Carzago, and Calvagese.

Around the mid-1200s, near the Castle, the Old Church of St. Stephen arose near the hamlet “Piazza” originally a Diaconia ended up gradually replacing the Pieve as the main church of the village, the move becoming definitive around 1475.

The new parish church was built in the 1700s by a decision made almost unanimously in the Vicinia on December 28, 1720. The design was entrusted to Antonio Spaccio. Construction was begun on May 8, 1721 and lasted 30 years with uninterrupted work. The temple was then consecrated on April 21, 1760 by Bishop Giovanni Molino

On the ruins of the Old Mill stands the present Mill that produces the “Farina tipica del lago di Garda,” a product of Municipal Designation of Origin, a true excellence. Here the Agricultural Cooperative Society “Farine tipiche del lago di Garda” makes flours with flavors and unique and ancient processing procedures that have won recognition at the national level. nationwide. History tells us that the first grain mills in the area date as far back as 1184. While the construction of the Bedizzole Mill would be dated between 1360 and 1400, the old building was of larger proportions than the present one. The characteristic stone mill was built on the property around the second half of the 1,800 today owned by a group of partners. It has a French conglomerate millstone and a structure of iron and wood. The re-commissioning of the old mill took place in September 2009 and it is still operating today following the procedures of the old tradition. It is possible to visit the archaeological remains, and in the recovered space, artists’ exhibitions are set up with the collaboration of the Andrea Celesti Association.

A two-story building dating back to the early 19th century currently houses the “Primo Levi” Municipal Library. For years, and without public knowledge, Villa Boschi sheltered numerous works of art that arrived from Milan during the years of World War II. The library’s current home held some masterpieces until the 1980s and 1990s. brought to safety during World War II along with several hundred other works of art from the Boschi Di Stefano Collection. From downtown Milan, in fact, works such as Sironi’s Venus of the Ports, several Cuts by Fontana, Savinio’s Annunciation, De Chirico’s The School of Gladiators, Morandi’s Still Lifes, and Bruno Cassinari’s Washerwomen had arrived in Sedesina, Bedizzole. Although there was no shortage of those who reported the news in past years, the confirmation is actually recent and comes from the director of the Boschi Di Stefano House-Museum, Maria Fratelli, who documents it with a series of deeds from the City of Milan, according to which the return “home” of the paintings between the late 1980s and June ’91 is certified. Home to artistic, cultural, musical and theatrical workshops, the library in the last year has become a cultural gathering place, especially for younger people.