Patron saint festival In 191 days
Feast of Saint George
📅 Every year, on 23 April
On 23 April Pizzo celebrates Saint George, patron of the Baroque mother church of 1632: the one where Joachim Murat was buried after being shot at the castle.
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In Pizzo's Aragonese castle, on 13 October 1815, Joachim Murat — king of Naples and Napoleon's brother-in-law — was executed by firing squad: the "Murat castle" rooms retrace his lightning trial, among the most novelistic pages of European history. The town, high over the gulf of Sant'Eufemia, lives on overhanging squares and descending lanes.
The other two glories are sweet and mystical: the tartufo di Pizzo, the chocolate-hazelnut ice-cream dome with molten heart born in the piazza's gelaterie, and the church of Piedigrotta, carved into seaside tuff and peopled with statues — unique in the world.
The Pizzo guide
What to eat here 1
Cipolla Rossa di Tropea Calabria
Where to stay 24
24 places to stay · top rated: Casa Vacanze Penelope 9.8 · Palazzo IrMa - Hotel - B&B Luxury 9.8
Events & festivals 1
Next up: Feast of Saint George, Friday 23 April
Getting there
Nearest airport: Lamezia Terme, 20 km away
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🍝 The flavours of Pizzo
Cipolla Rossa di Tropea Calabria sweet red onion, grown on the Calabrian Tyrrhenian coast
Sweet enough to go into ice cream, grown along a strip of Tyrrhenian coast: Cipolla Rossa di Tropea Calabria has held Protected Geographical Indication status since 2008.
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Near Pizzo
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Pizzo, but an easy day trip away.
Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola 📍 Carpi · 11 km Jesuit church of 1670-1682 in Carpi, on a Greek-cross plan, with scagliola altars and the diocesan museum. Basilica cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta 📍 Carpi · 11 km Carpi cathedral begun in 1514 to Peruzzi's design, reopened in 2017 after the 2012 earthquake. Chiesa di Santa Maria in Castello 📍 Carpi · 12 km Romanesque pieve of 1184, the oldest church in Carpi, with a Peruzzi façade and twelfth-century frescoes. Chiesa di San Bernardino da Siena 📍 Carpi · 12 km Patron church of Carpi, begun in 1604, with the reliquary bust of Saint Bernardino of Siena.