Patron saint festival In 23 days
Feast of Saint Leonard of Noblac
📅 Every year, on 6 November
On 6 November San Leonardo celebrates its patron and namesake Saint Leonard of Noblac; the town's name is already documented in 1257.
Until Napoleon the valleys of the Natisone governed themselves: the deans elected by the villages met in arengo, and the one of the Banca di Merso held its sittings in the shade of the lime trees, in front of the church of Sant'Antonio Abate. In the municipal coat of arms there are still the lime tree and the stone slab they sat around.
The town hall is not at San Leonardo but at Merso di Sopra, and the villages stretch along the Cosizza and the Erbezzo, set where the winter sun strikes longest. Below there are fifty-four caves and shafts: the longest is called Star Čedad, Old Cividale, because it was said that the town stood there and that a rush of water from the spring pushed it to where it is now. The name of the village is read from 1257.
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside San Leonardo, but an easy day trip away.
Castellana Caves 📍 Castellana Grotte · 1.8 km A 3,348-meter karst cave system mapped in 1938, noted for its 60-meter-deep skylight and dazzling white formations. Santuario di Maria Santissima Regina del Mondo 📍 Monopoli · 6.4 km The sanctuary in the Antonelli district of Monopoli, rebuilt as a vow for the town's safety and consecrated in 1950. Rione Monti 📍 Alberobello · 13 km The 1,030 trulli of Alberobello's larger quarter, laid dry-stone to dodge a tax. Trullo Sovrano 📍 Alberobello · 12 km With walls reaching 2.70 metres in thickness, the Trullo Sovrano is the supreme example of dry-stone architecture. Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali 📍 Polignano a Mare · 13 km Puglia's only permanent contemporary art museum, set in a former slaughterhouse overlooking the sea in Polignano. Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate 📍 Fasano · 17 km The Observant friars' church in Fasano, with its dome, onion-spired bell tower and frescoed 1600s cloister.