Patron saint festival In 254 days
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
📅 Every year, on 26 June
On 26 June Nesso, a municipality of 1,241 inhabitants in the province of Como, celebrates its patrons Saints Peter and Paul.
Nesso is cut in two by a gorge: the Nosée and the Tuf throw themselves into it together and end in a waterfall. On one side was the Borgo, on the lake, with the church and the square; on the other the Castello, where the houses of the leading families stood. A stone bridge joined them across the ravine: it collapsed in the fifteenth century and was rebuilt in wood.
The name is Celtic and means mooring. The village first appears in 951, in a privilege of Berengar II. In 1095 pope Urban II came here, perhaps to honour bishop Rainaldo, who lived at Nesso and is buried under the floor of the old church. In 1497 Ludovico il Moro granted the village in fief to Lucrezia Crivelli.
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Palazzo Loreti 📍 Satriano di Lucania · 200 m Satriano's town hall keeps the medieval pottery found on the site of Satrianum. Rocca Duca di Poggiardo 📍 Satriano di Lucania · 300 m Satriano's Castello holds the multimedia museum devoted to the painter Giovanni De Gregorio. Santuario del Santissimo Crocifisso 📍 Brienza · 5.6 km The crucifix stays on Monte Sacrato, at 1100 metres, from May to September. chiesa di San Martino 📍 Brienza · 6.8 km A perimeter of walls is all that is left of Brienza's oldest church, above the river. Castello Caracciolo 📍 Brienza · 7.0 km The marquises' rooms on the third floor, the prison inside the round tower. chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta 📍 Brienza · 7.0 km A three-nave crypt below the parish church, two Peccheneda canvases above.