Patron saint festival
Patronal Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
📅 Every year, on 29 June
The village patrons are celebrated on 29 June, with vespers and a procession accompanied by the confraternities.
In 1957 a handful of artists and theorists met up here and founded the Situationist International: Guy Debord and Asger Jorn among them, in a village of the Ligurian Alps that today has 248 residents.
The village sits at 721 metres in the upper Arroscia valley, less than twenty kilometres from the French border. The bell tower of the Assunta oratory is a reworked Roman tower; of the Clavesana castle, pulled down by the valley people in revolt, nothing survives.
The Cosio d'Arroscia guide
🎉 Festivals and feasts in Cosio d'Arroscia 3
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Historical reenactment
Carnival of Cosio d'Arroscia
📅 Every year, at carnival
The village carnival keeps the tradition of the sentenze, the one day a year when people could speak their mind to their lords.
Food festival
Herb and Lavender Festival
📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of July
A day given to the mountain herbs and lavender of the upper Arroscia valley, on the third Sunday of July.
What to see in Cosio d'Arroscia
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Near Cosio d'Arroscia
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Cosio d'Arroscia, 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.