Patron saint festival In 258 days
Feast of Saint Peter
📅 Every year, on 29 June
On 29 June Châtillon celebrates Saint Peter, in whose church the parish museum is set up, with its 15th-century reliquary casket.
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Every Bic biro carries the name of a Châtillon family. Marcel Bich, who founded the company in France, came from local stock, though the town's industrial streak runs far deeper: iron from the Ussel mines was worked here from the fourteenth century, and in 1917 the Soie de Châtillon plant began spinning artificial textile fibres.
Three castles watch over the 4,946 residents: the Passerin d'Entrèves seat, the Ussel manor of 1350 and the Gamba castle, built in 1901 for a local baron. The Pont Neuf still rests on the remains of the Roman bridge that carried the via delle Gallie. On 16 May 1800 Napoleon's vanguard and the Austrian rearguard fought in the basin below.
The Châtillon guide
What to see 4
castello di Ussel · Castello Gamba · castello Passerin d'Entrèves and 1 more
Where to stay 24
24 places to stay · top rated: Il casolare del Druido 9.6 · Pres du Chateau 9.6
Events & festivals 1
Next up: Feast of Saint Peter, Tuesday 29 June
Getting there
Nearest airport: Torino Caselle, 61 km away
Tours, tickets and experiences
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What to see in Châtillon
castello di Ussel The valley's first single-block castle: fourteenth-century windows and old magnetite tunnels above Châtillon. 
Castello Gamba A 1911 mock castle above the Dora Baltea, now the valley's modern art museum, with a park and an 1888 sequoia. 
castello Passerin d'Entrèves A mansion hiding one of the valley's oldest castles: frescoes of 1502 and a park open in the warmer months. 
Pont Neuf A single 1776 arch over the Marmore, above the foundry that cast parts of the Mole Antonelliana. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
Near Châtillon
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Places to see within 25 km
Outside Châtillon, but an easy day trip away.
Castello Sanfelice 📍 Bagnoli del Trigno · 4.1 km At 783 metres above Bagnoli, the fortress that guarded the Castel di Sangro-Lucera drove road. chiesa di San Silvestro 📍 Bagnoli del Trigno · 4.5 km A church with no façade, wedged between two rocks, and a crucifix with jointed arms. Castello d'Evoli 📍 Castropignano · 9.4 km Legend gives it 365 rooms: the d'Evoli stronghold above the Biferno valley Santuario italico di Pietrabbondante 📍 Pietrabbondante · 11 km The theatre and temples where the Pentri Samnites gathered their senate, above the Trigno. castello D'Alessandro 📍 Pescolanciano · 11 km A drawbridge finished in 1691, relics in the ducal chapel, German officers in 1943. torre di Oratino 📍 Oratino · 12 km A doorway high above the ground and a ladder to haul up: the Norman tower of Oratino.