From the surnames of the village — Negri, Caffari, Caffa, Falco, Berriolo — scholars conclude that among the inhabitants of the early Middle Ages there were people of Saracen origin, left here after the raids. The name of the municipality, on the other hand, is said to come from the Heruli, a people who arrived with the end of the Roman empire.
Since the summer of 2014 there has been serious digging in the cave of Arma Veirana, with researchers come from Germany, Canada and the United States. And there is a modern detail: on the coat of arms, granted in 1968, there are twelve stars on a blue field, those of the European flag. The population is 256.
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📅 Every year, on 25 November
Erli celebrates Saint Catherine of Alexandria on 25 November; the church dedicated to her, built around 1583, inherited parish status from the older pieve of San Martino.
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Outside Erli, but an easy day trip away.
