Prestine

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Prestine

Total population

396

Elevation610 m

Land area16.26 km²

Coordinates45.93°, 10.31°

Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Prestine is a former comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is now a frazione of the municipality of Bienno. It is situated in the Val Camonica. Neighbouring communes are Bagolino, Bienno, Breno and Niardo.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Innocenzo da Berzo

Italian Roman Catholic capuchin priest and blessed

A

Antonio Capuzzi

Italian violinist and composer (1755–1818)

Geltrude Comensoli

Italian saint (1847-1903)

L

Luca Cattaneo

Olympic alpine skier

G

Giovanni Battista Morandini

Italian nuncio (1937–2024)

Giuseppe Tovini

Italian lawyer and bank officer (1841-1897)

C

Cristian Cominelli

Italian bicycle racer

Loris Fortuna

Italian politician (1924–1985)

Aldo Caprani

Italian politician (1899-1947)

A

Antonio Guadagnini

Italian painter (1817-1900)

B

Boris Savoldelli

Italian singer

Costanzo di Niardo

Ettore Masina

Italian journalist, writer and politician (1928–2017)

G

Giacomo Cappellini

sentenced to death during the World War II (1909–1945)

Guglielmo Ghislandi

Italian politician (1887–1965)

I

Innocenzo Donina

Italian footballer (1950-2020)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Fat Dormouse

Glis glis

Seen 2026-09-13

Upland Green Bush-cricket

Tettigonia cantans

Seen 2026-09-12

lesser masterwort

Astrantia minor

Seen 2026-09-11

common heather

Calluna vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-11

wood crane's-bill

Geranium sylvaticum

Seen 2026-09-11

common bistort

Bistorta officinalis

Seen 2026-09-11

Parasol

Macrolepiota procera

Seen 2026-09-11

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-11

Woodland Dor Beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Seen 2026-09-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).