Patron saint festival In 103 days
Saint John Chrysostom, patron of the land of the Castle of Asola
📅 Every year, on 27 January
Asola celebrates Saint John Chrysostom on 27 January.
Asola is a diminutive of the Latin ansa, the bend of the Chiese where the town was founded. In 1440 it gave itself to Venice of its own accord and became a border fortress: in 1516 imperial armies led by Maximilian I besieged it without success, because the Venetian provveditore Francesco Contarini ran the defence so well that they withdrew. Tintoretto later painted the episode.
Little survives of the quadrilateral fortress with its fourteen cylindrical towers, moat and earthworks: a few stretches of wall inside later buildings and the tower on viale Brescia. Venice left the Loggia Veneta, opened in 1610 at the corner of the town hall. The arms carry a silver lion crowned in the antique manner on red, with the external ornaments of a city, a title Asola holds.
The Asola guide
What to eat here 2
Risotto alla Milanese · Sbrisolona
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Events & festivals 1
Next up: Saint John Chrysostom, patron of the land of the Castle of Asola, Wednesday 27 January
Getting there
Nearest airport: Verona Catullo, 42 km away
🎉 Festivals and feasts in Asola 1
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🍝 The flavours of Asola
Sbrisolona crumbly almond and cornmeal cake, broken by hand
White and yellow flour, almonds, butter and sugar, broken by hand: sbrisolona is Mantova's cake, already served at the Gonzaga court.
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Near Asola
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Asola, but an easy day trip away.
Città Alta and the Venetian Walls 📍 Bergamo · 18 km A 6,200-meter wall built by Venice in the 16th century, this UNESCO World Heritage site encloses Bergamo Alta. Accademia Carrara 📍 Bergamo · 17 km The count founded the gallery and the school together, so pupils could copy from life. Teatro Gaetano Donizetti 📍 Bergamo · 17 km The theatre born where wooden huts once stood, now Donizetti's home. basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore 📍 Bergamo · 18 km The church without a façade in Bergamo's upper town: Campione's lions and the intarsias designed by Lotto. chiesa dei Santi Bartolomeo e Stefano 📍 Bergamo · 17 km The lower Bergamo church with the Martinengo altarpiece, Lotto's largest. chiesa di Santo Spirito 📍 Bergamo · 17 km Bergamo church called «of the Tasso», with Lorenzo Lotto's 1521 altarpiece and the via Pignolo chapels.