Patron saint festival In 178 days
Saints Zeno, Stephen and Gregory the Great, patrons of Cisano Bergamasco
📅 Every year, on 12 April
Cisano Bergamasco celebrates Saints Zeno, Stephen and Gregory the Great on 12 April.
Cisano Bergamasco sits in the Valle San Martino, between the spurs of Monte Linzone and Monte Canto, also called Monte dei Frati; westward the Adda marks the boundary with Brivio. Two readings of the name circulate: land granted to Roman veterans, hence "territory of Caesius", or the Latin cis with amnis, "on this side of the river". Medieval documents write Cisa, then Cixiano, Cixano and Zizano; the present form settles in the fourteenth century, and in 1863 the council added "Bergamasco".
The name turns up in 962 in a deed listing king Berengar II's possessions, and in 1104 a document names the castro di Cisano. The castle still stands on that rise: it belonged to the Vimercati Sozzi de Capitani, who took tithes and a toll from anyone crossing the Adda by barge at a spot called La Sosta, now one of the hamlets. The town's arms show that castle with its two square towers, and in the chief two gold stars for the original settlements of Sozzo and San Gregorio.
The Cisano Bergamasco guide
What to eat here 1
Risotto alla Milanese
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Events & festivals 1
Next up: Saints Zeno, Stephen and Gregory the Great, patrons of Cisano Bergamasco, Monday 12 April
Getting there
Nearest airport: Bergamo Orio al Serio, 20 km away
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Cisano Bergamasco, but an easy day trip away.
Villa Pallavicino 📍 Salerano Canavese · 5.8 km The Second Empire villa gazing over the morainic amphitheatre of Ivrea from a hill above Salerano Canavese. Torre di Pramotton 📍 Donnas · 15 km A twelfth-century hexagonal tower at 540 metres, signalling to the Pont-Saint-Martin castle and the fort of Bard. Castello di Suzey 📍 Pont-Saint-Martin · 15 km A ruin above Ivéry: in 1351 the Vallaise held an Ivrea merchant prisoner here for ransom. Pont Saint-Martin 📍 Pont-Saint-Martin · 16 km Two thousand years of traffic on a single span: the boldest flat arch left from Roman times. Riserva naturale stagno di Holay 📍 Pont-Saint-Martin · 15 km A hectare and a half of wetland at 750 metres, with relict species rare in the Aosta Valley. castello di Pont-Saint-Martin 📍 Pont-Saint-Martin · 16 km The old castle, with its rare hexagonal keep, half an hour up through the vineyards above the town.