Patron saint festival In 214 days
Our Lady of Constantinople, patron of the Roman Villa of Punta San Limato
📅 Every year, on the Tuesday after Pentecost
Cellole celebrates Our Lady of Constantinople on the Tuesday after Pentecost.
In April 1970 the people of Cellole, tired of waiting for Sessa Aurunca to discuss their separation, began blocking the main road. Then they blocked the Rome-Naples railway too, and a mobile battalion of carabinieri was sent in. The referendum was held on 21 February 1973 and it passed: the municipality of Cellole has existed since 2 April 1975.
Since then it has been an enclave: it borders only Sessa Aurunca, which surrounds it on every side, and the beach of Baia Domizia was split between them down the middle. The towers in the square were there precisely to talk to Sessa: from up there the signal fires on the coast could not be seen, and Cellole served as a bridge for the eyes.
The Cellole guide
What to eat here 2
Pizza Napoletana · Caprese
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Events & festivals 1
Next up: Our Lady of Constantinople, patron of the Roman Villa of Punta San Limato, Monday 17 May
Getting there
Nearest airport: Napoli Capodichino, 51 km away
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Near Cellole
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Cellole, but an easy day trip away.
Royal Palace of Caserta 📍 Caserta · 21 km The Bourbon palace: 1,200 rooms, 1,742 windows and three kilometres of fountains uphill. Ponte Leproso 📍 Benevento · 17 km Roman bridge over the Sabato where the Via Appia entered Benevento, rebuilt in 1712; UNESCO site. Basilica del Corpus Domini 📍 Maddaloni · 17 km Maddaloni's main church, with a high altar designed by Luigi Vanvitelli and panels by Pompeo Landolfo. basilica della Madonna delle Grazie 📍 Benevento · 17 km Neoclassical Greek-cross basilica to the patron Madonna of Benevento, with a Franciscan convent. teatro romano di Benevento 📍 Benevento · 17 km Roman theatre inaugurated under Hadrian between 125 and 128, with a 98-metre cavea; still used for shows. duomo di Benevento 📍 Benevento · 17 km Cathedral rebuilt after its destruction in 1943, keeping the Romanesque façade, bell tower and ancient crypt.