The village was called Crapassito. In 1535 Charles V passed through, liked the place and renamed it Belsito: the new name stayed. Between 1644 and 1647 it was sold, along with the other casali of Cosenza, to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany; later it was a village of Marzi, and a comune in its own right only from 1816.
Saint John the Baptist is celebrated here three times a year: on the twelfth of February, because he is said to have saved the village from an earthquake; on the twenty-third of June for his birth, with the fair of the Surda; and on the last Sunday in August for his death, with aubergine meatballs. Meanwhile, at contrada Serre, excavations have turned up hundreds of early medieval graves.
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📅 Every year, on 23 June; other feasts on 12 February and the last Sunday of August
In Belsito, a municipality of 958 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, Saint John the Baptist is celebrated three times a year: on 23 June, the day of the saint's birth, with the traditional fiera della Surda.
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Outside Belsito, but an easy day trip away.
