Patron saint festival In 314 days
Saint Bartholomew, patron of Castellaro Lagusello
📅 Every year, on 24 August
Monzambano celebrates Saint Bartholomew on 24 August.
In 1667 the German philosopher Samuel von Pufendorf published a work destined to make a stir throughout Europe, the De Statu imperii germanici, and signed it with a pseudonym: Severini de Monzambano Veronensis. The village that had lent him its name lies among the morainic hills south of Lake Garda, and it had a good deal of Verona about it: its parish belonged to the diocese of Verona until 1977.
The bridge over the Mincio has been fought over twice. In 1848 the retreating Austrians destroyed it, but the Piedmontese engineers put it back up and the troops crossed the river; on 24 June 1866, while the Italian army was losing at Custoza, here the cavalry and infantry commanded by Pianell drove back the Austrian attacks and kept a line of retreat open. In the hamlet of Castellaro Lagusello, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, there is instead a pile-dwelling site that has entered the UNESCO world heritage list.
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🍝 The flavours of Monzambano
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 Monzambano
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Places to see within 25 km
Outside Monzambano, 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.