Patron saint festival In 268 days
Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus
📅 Every year, on 12 July
On 12 July Aquileia celebrates Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus, patrons of a town that was a patriarchal see and today lives around its basilica.
In the fourth century Aquileia ranked among the empire's great cities; today it is a village of three thousand atop a deposit of history — UNESCO-listed since 1998. In the basilica, the fourth-century mosaic floor spreads over 700 square metres: the largest early-Christian mosaic in the West, with Jonah, the Good Shepherd and an entire marine bestiary.
Outside, the Roman river port, forum and warehouses surface among cypresses; the national archaeological museum lines up capital-grade glass, ambers and gems. A bicycle ride through the ruins, and the Grado lagoon is ten minutes away.
The Aquileia guide
What to see 3
Basilica of Aquileia · Museo archeologico nazionale di Aquileia · Museo paleocristiano di Aquileia
Where to stay 24
24 places to stay · top rated: Meublè Tripoli 9.6 · Zadris 1922 Apartments & Spa 9.6
Events & festivals 1
Next up: Saints Hermagoras and Fortunatus, Monday 12 July
Getting there
Nearest airport: Trieste, 11 km away
Aquileia is part of 🏘️ Villages 🏛️ UNESCO heritage
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What to see in Aquileia
Basilica of Aquileia Spanning over 760 square meters, the West's largest early Christian mosaic anchors this historic patriarchal c 
Museo archeologico nazionale di Aquileia The museum of a vanished Roman metropolis, with worked amber brought from the Baltic. 
Museo paleocristiano di Aquileia Aquileia's museum over a fourth-century basilica, later a wine cellar. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
Near Aquileia
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Places to see within 25 km
Outside Aquileia, but an easy day trip away.
Insigne collegiata parrocchiale di Santa Maria Maggiore 📍 Guglionesi · 12 km Beneath the late Baroque, a 12th-century crypt with two surviving frescoes. Torre di Petacciato 📍 Petacciato · 12 km A coastal tower of 1568, split in two by a landslide in 1777. Old Termoli 📍 Termoli · 15 km A walled Adriatic promontory featuring an 11th-century castle, a Romanesque cathedral, and historic wooden trabucchi. chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta 📍 Guardialfiera · 17 km A Holy Door that opens every year, except when it is a Jubilee. Riserva naturale regionale Marina di Vasto 📍 Vasto · 16 km Three kilometres of dunes and wetlands between Vasto and San Salvo, where the Kentish plover nests. cattedrale di Santa Maria della Purificazione 📍 Termoli · 19 km Dragons and griffins on the front, and a crypt with a Romanesque mosaic floor.