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Mary Most Holy Assumed into Heaven, patron of the Pallavicino Serbelloni Castle
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Castiglione d'Adda celebrates Mary Most Holy Assumed into Heaven on 15 August.
The name of Castiglione speaks of soldiers: it is said to come from castrum legionis, the camp, or from castrum Stiliconis, after the general Stilicho. Through here ran a branch of the Roman road that linked Milan to Piacenza, leaving Lodi Vecchio to reach Cremona. The d'Adda was added to it in 1863, to distinguish it from the other places called Castiglione scattered about Italy.
The fief changed hands many times: after belonging to the bishop of Lodi, in 1389 it went to the Fissiraga, then to the Fieschi, to the Pallavicino of Busseto, to the counts Serbelloni and finally to the Ordoño de Rosales. Of that past the castle remains, later become palazzo Pallavicino Serbelloni, with its rectangular plan, corner towers and a sixteenth-century rusticated front. In February 2020 the village was one of the Italian epicentres of the Covid pandemic.
The Castiglione d'Adda guide
What to eat here 1
Risotto alla Milanese
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Next up: Mary Most Holy Assumed into Heaven, patron of the Pallavicino Serbelloni Castle, Sunday 15 August
Getting there
Nearest airport: Milano Linate, 42 km away
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Castelli Romani 📍 Albano Laziale · 8.3 km The protected area of the Alban Hills: Lakes Albano and Nemi, Tusculum and chestnut woods on the old volcano. Cattedrale di San Pancrazio 📍 Albano Laziale · 10 km The cathedral of Albano Laziale, with its eighteenth-century peperino façade and remains of Leo III's basilica. Museo Civico 📍 Albano Laziale · 11 km Albano's museum in Villa Ferrajoli: from the volcano of the Alban Hills to a pile-dwelling village and Pompey's villa. Chiesa di Santa Maria della Stella 📍 Albano Laziale · 11 km The Savelli church above the catacombs of San Senatore, in Albano, next to the historic cemetery. Castel Savello 📍 Albano Laziale · 12 km The ruins of the Savelli stronghold on an isolated hill below Albano, razed in 1435 and never rebuilt. Hadrian's Villa 📍 Tivoli · 15 km Spanning over 120 hectares, this 2nd-century imperial residence is a masterpiece of Roman architecture and UNESCO site.