Patron saint festival In 251 days
Feast of Saint John the Baptist
📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Domanico, a municipality of 943 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patron Saint John the Baptist.
Domanico stands in the upper valley of the Busento, the river which further down, at Cosenza, legend makes the tomb of Alaric. Until 1445 the village belonged to the archbishop of Cosenza, then it passed to the Adorno and finally to the Spanish de Alarcón y Mendoza, marquises of the Valle Siciliana, who held it until the end of feudalism.
In the church of San Giovanni Battista, at the top of a long stairway, there are an organ built by Mauro Gallo in 1754, an altarpiece of the Baptism of Christ attributed to Cristoforo Santanna and a sixteenth-century bell. The earthquake of 1905 damaged the village; of the Motta, the medieval fortress above the houses, few stones are left. Higher up, at Potame, lies the pine wood.
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Città Alta and the Venetian Walls 📍 Bergamo · 18 km A 6,200-meter wall built by Venice in the 16th century, this UNESCO World Heritage site encloses Bergamo Alta. Accademia Carrara 📍 Bergamo · 17 km The count founded the gallery and the school together, so pupils could copy from life. Teatro Gaetano Donizetti 📍 Bergamo · 17 km The theatre born where wooden huts once stood, now Donizetti's home. basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore 📍 Bergamo · 18 km The church without a façade in Bergamo's upper town: Campione's lions and the intarsias designed by Lotto. chiesa dei Santi Bartolomeo e Stefano 📍 Bergamo · 17 km The lower Bergamo church with the Martinengo altarpiece, Lotto's largest. chiesa di Santo Spirito 📍 Bergamo · 17 km Bergamo church called «of the Tasso», with Lorenzo Lotto's 1521 altarpiece and the via Pignolo chapels.