My story

Suffering makes you kinder

Sayings in Bresciano normally come from bygone times. Suffering was part of everyday life like hard labor and trials. Yet, there is optimism in this saying as people that suffer normally become kinder to other […]

Ancient Wisdom

Cheese at last…

This old saying underlines one of the great traditions in Brescia. A meal is not complete unless a piece of cheese is consumed. The mouth is thus never tired and needs to eat more unless […]

History

Briccia, Celtic allies of Rome

The Celts/Gauls Cenomani, the men that walked from far (*keino-far,*men-walk), named Briccia the village where the Alps meets the big Po Valley. Briccia was a big village that had not yet seen big temples nor […]