Patron saint festival In 74 days
Saint John and the Poggio Dragone
📅 Every year, on 27 December
Palagano celebrates Saint John on 27 December, in the church dedicated to him.
The name perhaps comes from the Latin palaga, which means gold nugget, but no gold has ever been found here: in the mines of Boccassuolo they dug copper, chalcopyrite and iron. The village appears in a deed of 1144, was one of the most populous in the lands of the abbey of Frassinoro, and made itself a commune in 1197.
On 18 March 1944 a German unit killed in reprisal one hundred and thirty-six unarmed civilians in the hamlets of Monchio, Susano and Costrignano; out of this territory the partisan Republic of Montefiorino was later born. Palagano, suppressed as a municipality in 1869 and made a hamlet of Montefiorino itself, became autonomous again only in 1957. In the coat of arms there are a chestnut tree with seven golden chestnuts still in the husk, and a bee.
The Palagano guide
🎉 Festivals and feasts in Palagano 1
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🍝 The flavours of Palagano
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 Palagano
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Palagano, but an easy day trip away.
Museo dell'orologio da torre 📍 Uscio · 200 m Four centuries of tower clocks in the Trebino workshop, where the Piacentini tower dial was built. Chiesa di Santa Margherita 📍 Avegno · 2.8 km Testana's church, with a Flemish relief that came through the port of Genoa. viadotto Torrente Sori 📍 Sori · 5.5 km 105 metres above the valley: the Dywidag cantilever system made its Italian debut here in 1966. Chiesa di Sant'Ambrogio 📍 Bargagli · 6.0 km Traso's parish church, dedicated to Milan's bishop in Genoese country. chiesa di Nostra Signora delle Grazie 📍 Recco · 5.9 km At Megli they venerate a 45-millimetre thorn and a Byzantine panel brought by sea in 1216 chiesa dei Santi Giovanni Battista e Giovanni Bono 📍 Recco · 6.1 km The bell tower was rebuilt to 55 metres, the exact height the 1943 bombs took down