Patron saint festival In 306 days
Feast of San Rocco
📅 Every year, on 16 August
On 16 August Castel San Pietro Romano, a municipality of 855 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Rome, celebrates its patron San Rocco.
The fortress was built in 970 by Stefania of the counts of Tusculum, sister of pope John XIII, and inside it stood a round tower that served as a prison: through it passed Jacopone da Todi, who composed the Stabat Mater here, and in 1268 Conradin of Swabia, before being taken to Naples and beheaded.
In 1953 Luigi Comencini shot Pane, amore e fantasia here, and in the film the village is called Sagliena; then came the sequels and a dozen other pictures, so that the square is still recognisable. Gina Lollobrigida, who acted in that film, was made an honorary citizen in 2018, the village's first.
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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.