Patron saint festival In 299 days
Feast of Saint Lawrence
📅 Every year, on 10 August
On 10 August Capizzone, a municipality of 1,301 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patron Saint Lawrence (san Lorenzo).
The bell tower of Capizzone stands apart from the church, and there is a reason: it was a twelfth-century watchtower, later absorbed into the parish church, which in one of the raids by the neighbours from Brembilla was destroyed. The church was rebuilt elsewhere, the tower stayed where it was. It is the main charge on the town's coat of arms.
The quarrel with Brembilla was not only a matter of Guelphs and Ghibellines: the two were fighting over the left bank of the Imagna, and it ended only when Carlo Borromeo stepped in and gave the disputed land back to Capizzone. The village used to be called Plebe: it took its name from one of its own hamlets, Ca' dei Pizzoni. On the arms, beside the tower, are apples and chestnuts.
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Royal Palace of Caserta 📍 Caserta · 21 km The Bourbon palace: 1,200 rooms, 1,742 windows and three kilometres of fountains uphill. Ponte Leproso 📍 Benevento · 17 km Roman bridge over the Sabato where the Via Appia entered Benevento, rebuilt in 1712; UNESCO site. Basilica del Corpus Domini 📍 Maddaloni · 17 km Maddaloni's main church, with a high altar designed by Luigi Vanvitelli and panels by Pompeo Landolfo. basilica della Madonna delle Grazie 📍 Benevento · 17 km Neoclassical Greek-cross basilica to the patron Madonna of Benevento, with a Franciscan convent. teatro romano di Benevento 📍 Benevento · 17 km Roman theatre inaugurated under Hadrian between 125 and 128, with a 98-metre cavea; still used for shows. duomo di Benevento 📍 Benevento · 17 km Cathedral rebuilt after its destruction in 1943, keeping the Romanesque façade, bell tower and ancient crypt.