Patron saint festival In 124 days
Pope Saint Urban I, patron of Torbole
📅 Every year, on 15 February, in Torbole
In Torbole, Pope Saint Urban I is celebrated on 15 February; in nearby Casaglia, Saint Philastrius is instead celebrated on 18 July.
Torbole Casaglia lies on the Bassa Bresciana plain, south-west of Brescia. The double name comes from two separate villages, apart for centuries, each with its own parish. Torbole seems to come from aquae turbulae, the murky waters of marshes already there in Roman times; Casaglia from the Latin casalium, a shelter. The coat of arms says the same: a blue field for the water, a sheaf of wheat with three bees for work in the fields, a six-pointed star for the old territory of Casaglia.
In the seventh century a monastery dedicated to Saint Martin was founded at Portone, and the village probably grew around it; in 841 the land passed to the Brescian monastery of San Faustino Maggiore, whose monks the local churches answered to until 1768. Casaglia was long held back by malarial marshes: it joined Torbole in 1880, and drainage wiped out the swamps. The two settlements stayed apart until the nineties, when a new square and town hall joined them.
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Patron saint festival In 277 days
Saint Philastrius, patron of Casaglia
📅 Every year, on 18 July, in Casaglia
In Casaglia, Saint Philastrius is celebrated on 18 July; in nearby Torbole, Pope Saint Urban I is instead celebrated on 15 February.
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Near Torbole Casaglia
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Torbole Casaglia, 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.