There are three signs of evidence of the Roman presence in Lumezzane: the tomb-stones of the Lumezzane Pieve fraction, the imperial coin found at Lumezzane Piatucco, and finally the Lumezzane-Brescia aqueduct. Until the arrivaI of the Romans there were no particular signs of other human settlements, but recent studies suppose that when the Roman technicians began constructing of the aqueduct they found without a doubt found settlements of folk of ancient Rhaetian stock. In the north of the Pieve fraction, the place-name "Castle" is conserved. The name doesn't refer to the local tradition of a Roman "castrum" but a prehistoric castle. In the IV Century D.C. the disastrous invasions of the Visigoths and the Unni began.

Once the Roman Empire had fallen in 476 the triumplines and with them the Lumezzanes fell within the domain of the Ostrogothics followed by the Lombards and the Franks. Various events characterized community life throughout the centuries. In 1406 Lumezzane passed to the Malatesta family who assigned the village to the country of Mompiano so that the village became part of Brescia while keeping its independence from the VaI Trompia.

In 1427 with the coming of the Venetian Republic Lumezzane became an autonomous country and Pietro Avogadro was its capital. The Brescian family dominated Lumezzane until 1797, when the Venetian Republic fell. The village saw a gradual economic and social recovery starting at the beginning of the eigth century following the difficult years of the domination of the Avogadros.

Lumezzane today is situated in the territory of Valgobbia but falls under the municipality of Lumezzane Valley. The entrance to the valley is situated 12 kilometres north of Brescia, to the left of the Mella river, in the municipality of Sarezzo.

The Lumezzane valley is 10 Kilometers long, stretches until the Cavallo Pass, whereas it is only 4.5 Kilometers wide. Traditionally there are three main nuclei: Pieve (with the fractions of Piatucco, Gazzolo, Fontana, Renzo, Dosso, Valle, Mezzaluna and Termine); Sant' Apollonio (with Montagnone, Sonico, Premiano and Mosniga); and San Sebastiano (with Faidana); these centres were unified to form one adrninistrative centre in 1927. To the West of Lumezzane are the municipalities of Villa Carcina and Sarezzo, to the north the municipalities of Casto and Bione, to the east Bione and Agnosine and to the south Caino, Nave and Concesio. The land of Lumezzane belongs to the Triassic, Rhaetian and Liassic period, in other words 2 million and a half years ago.

The climate is prealpine, not excessively harsh in winter with very little heavy snow showers. The vegetation is rather dense only on the left side. One of the main coefficients to the success of the industry in Lumezzane has been the water which drove the local workshops. The main source of the water is the Gobbia spring which flows continously and led to the formation of several workshops along its banks which made use of the hydraulic energy, the only unartificial source. Regarding the etymology of the name, Lumezzane derives from the lower rustic Latin word "Medius" which means intermediate. The "medane" also terrned as "Mezzane" and "Mezzanini" were the ravines and wells of stagnant water which were easily formed on the banks of the rivers and currents. Finally the coat of arms is an amalgamation of several distinctive signs. Lumezzane Pieve had as its coat of arms the sun surrounded by the rays and Lumezzane Sant' Apollonio had the sun which rose above the mountains. Following the feud of theAvogadro, Lumezzane Pieve adopted feudatary as a new coat of arm: a shield of silver with three bands in the shape of a merlon rising above the crown. Lumezzane San Sebastiano adopted three swords.