Patron saint festival In 300 days
Saint Lawrence, patron of Montese
📅 Every year, on 10 August
Montese celebrates Saint Lawrence on 10 August, in the church dedicated to him.
On the fourteenth of April 1945 the soldiers of the Força Expedicionária Brasileira took Montese: it was the most important military victory the Brazilian army won overseas. The north-western edge of the Gothic Line ran through here, and in the woods you can still see the trenches, the observation posts and the shelters dug by the Brazilians, by the American Tenth Mountain Division and by the Germans.
On the arms an eagle is perched on a mountain. It comes from the Montecuccoli, lords of the Frignano: their blazon was six mounts, and Charles IV allowed them to add the eagle of the Empire after being their guest at the fortress of Montefiorino on his way to Rome. Between 1899 and 1920 the physicist Augusto Righi spent his summers here, and brought Carducci and Respighi with him.
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🎉 Festivals and feasts in Montese 1
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🍝 The flavours of Montese
Aceto Balsamico di Modena cooked grape must and wine vinegar, dense and sweet-and-sour
Cooked grape must and wine vinegar aged in wooden barrels: Aceto Balsamico di Modena has held Protected Geographical Indication status since 2009.
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Near Montese
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Places to see within 25 km
Outside Montese, but an easy day trip away.
Castello Sanfelice 📍 Bagnoli del Trigno · 4.1 km At 783 metres above Bagnoli, the fortress that guarded the Castel di Sangro-Lucera drove road. chiesa di San Silvestro 📍 Bagnoli del Trigno · 4.5 km A church with no façade, wedged between two rocks, and a crucifix with jointed arms. Castello d'Evoli 📍 Castropignano · 9.4 km Legend gives it 365 rooms: the d'Evoli stronghold above the Biferno valley Santuario italico di Pietrabbondante 📍 Pietrabbondante · 11 km The theatre and temples where the Pentri Samnites gathered their senate, above the Trigno. castello D'Alessandro 📍 Pescolanciano · 11 km A drawbridge finished in 1691, relics in the ducal chapel, German officers in 1943. torre di Oratino 📍 Oratino · 12 km A doorway high above the ground and a ladder to haul up: the Norman tower of Oratino.