In 1668 Rodero bought its freedom: it obtained redemption from enfeoffment, that is, the right not to have a feudal lord over its head. It was not a single payment but a debt by instalments — one payment every fifteen years into the coffers of the Duchy of Milan — and in 1751 the village was still paying it off.
The parish church of Saints Simon and Jude has a rare plan: two naves side by side, with the door in line with the high altar, a proto-Romanesque solution found almost nowhere else. The Swiss border is a few kilometres away, and during the Risorgimento that came in useful: the people of Rodero helped some of Garibaldi's men cross to the other side.
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📅 Every year, on 28 October
On 28 October Rodero celebrates its patrons Saints Simon and Jude; the town preserves the Torre Longobarda and has celebrated the feast of Mary Queen of Angels in August since 1714.
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