The coat of arms of Tolve shows a castle with three towers, but Tolve never had a castle: what enclosed the borgo was a wall, a fortification wrapped around the whole old centre. Of the quarter still called Castello only scant traces are left, eaten away by earthquakes.
At the foot of Monte Moltone a Lucanian villa of the fourth century BC came to light: when it was excavated, its bathroom turned out to be the oldest known example in the world of a bath with drainage pipes. In a Byzantine document of 1001 the catapan Gregorios Tarkaneiotes names Tolve and five of its inhabitants, among them a Sighenoulphos, Lombard at least in name. There are 3,361 residents.
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📅 Every year, on 16 August and 16 September
Tolve celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August and 16 September: on both occasions, at midday, a solemn procession is held, with the statue draped in a cloak of gold made up of the countless votive offerings donated by the faithful over time.
convento dei Cappuccini Nineteen cells, a vegetable garden and a church of the Madonna dell'Olivo, built in 1585. 
Ponte Vecchio A Roman structure reworked in the Middle Ages; the village calls it the Devil's Bridge. 
convento dell'Annunciata Tolve's town hall sits in the Franciscan convent begun in 1583, cloister and well included. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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