Patron saint festival In 28 days
Feast of Saint Martin of Tours
📅 Every year, on 11 November
On 11 November Premilcuore celebrates its patron Saint Martin of Tours; the town preserves the Rocca di Premilcuore.
Premilcuore stands in the upper valley of the Rabbi, inside the Foreste Casentinesi national park, on the old road that led into Tuscany. In 1371 a visiting cardinal described it thus: a castle on a rock, with its fortress and a very strong tower, twenty-five hearths and a castellan stationed there on the Church's behalf.
In 1499 Caterina Sforza seized it as she prepared to hold out against Cesare Borgia, but the castellan betrayed her and the place went back to Florence for good. Little is left of the fortress of the Guidi counts, chiefly because of the earthquake of 1661. Until 1923 Premilcuore was in the province of Florence: only then did it pass to that of Forlì, changing region without moving an inch.
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Villa Pallavicino 📍 Salerano Canavese · 2.8 km The Second Empire villa gazing over the morainic amphitheatre of Ivrea from a hill above Salerano Canavese. Torre di Pramotton 📍 Donnas · 15 km A twelfth-century hexagonal tower at 540 metres, signalling to the Pont-Saint-Martin castle and the fort of Bard. castello di Castellamonte 📍 Castellamonte · 16 km Seven gates in the curtain wall and a fief split into 271 points of jurisdiction. Castello di Suzey 📍 Pont-Saint-Martin · 15 km A ruin above Ivéry: in 1351 the Vallaise held an Ivrea merchant prisoner here for ransom. Bard Fortress 📍 Bard · 19 km Rebuilt in the 19th century, this imposing Savoy fortress is a masterpiece of military engineering in the Aosta Valley. Pont Saint-Martin 📍 Pont-Saint-Martin · 16 km Two thousand years of traffic on a single span: the boldest flat arch left from Roman times.