Patron saint festival In 304 days
Saint Roch, patron of Acquaro
📅 Every year, on 16 August
Acquaro celebrates Saint Roch on 16 August, in the Serre Regional Nature Park.
The name says water, and the territory keeps the promise: springs of oligomineral water rise at Monaco, Speranza, Due Fontane, Acquabianca and Corva, and from the last of these the water is carried as far as the hamlet of Limpidi. The village is crossed by the river Amello, a tributary of the Mesima, which divides it in two: the old part on one side, the new on the other. At Speranza, in the shade of tall pines and firs, there is the ground where people go to spend the day.
The comune takes in the hamlets of Limpidi and Piani, and Piani is itself made up of several scattered contrade. Acquaro lies in the upper valley of the Mesima and shared its mountain community with Arena, Dasà, Dinami, Gerocarne, Joppolo, Pizzoni, Sorianello, Soriano Calabro and Vazzano: the ring of villages that hold the slopes between the Serre and the river. Its arms and banner were granted in 1994.
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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.