In 283 days Patron saint festival

Saints Nazarius and Celsus, patrons of a church with a Madonna by Maragliano

28 July 2027

Wednesday 28 July

Mendatica · Imperia · Liguria

July 2027Wednesday 28 July
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Mendatica celebrates Saints Nazarius and Celsus on 28 July, in the church rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 18th century after the demolition of the first 15th-century parish church, which preserves a statue of the Madonna by the sculptor Anton Maria Maragliano.

The patron saints of Mendatica are Saints Nazarius and Celsus, celebrated on 28 July, in the parish church dedicated to them in the main town. The present building was rebuilt during the 18th century, after the demolition of the first parish church, which dated from the 15th century: the new structure, with a single nave and in the Baroque style, preserves a statue depicting a Madonna, the work of the Genoese sculptor Anton Maria Maragliano.

The town also preserves the church of Santa Margherita, the chapel of San Bernardo, and the sanctuary of the Madonna dei Colombi, as well as the Arroscia waterfalls and the Ruggi fountain.

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Chiesa di Santa Margherita

A fifteenth-century church at the place of the gallows: a 1512 doorway by the Cenova stonecutters and frescoes.

Cascate dell'Arroscia

Some thirty metres of falls on the Arroscia stream, along the path between Santa Margherita and Poilarocca.