The name Turbigo is traced to the Latin turris, after the two towers at the ends of the Roman bridge over the Ticino, and the arms say the same: a red bridge, battlemented and towered with two, on a wavy blue base. The same image is carved on a sixteenth-century fireplace in Palazzo Gray De Cristoforis, thought to come from the castle, built around a tower believed to be Roman. The digging of the Naviglio Grande gave rise to the lower part of town, still called Turbigh in giò.
The Ticino crossing cost Turbigo two battles. On 31 May 1800 the retreating Austrians had every boat destroyed, but some people of Galliate had hidden a few and handed them to the French: in six hours 1500 soldiers and two guns reached the far bank, while Napoleon watched from the Piedmontese side. On 3 June 1859 the French and Piedmontese crossed again, and the fighting ended next day at Magenta; a Paris street has carried the name of Turbigo ever since.
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📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of September (15 August is the liturgical feast day)
Turbigo celebrates the Assumption of Mary on the third Sunday of September, even though her liturgical feast falls on 15 August. By an 18th-century tradition, Saint Vincent Ferrer, though his day falls on 5 April, is celebrated on the first Sunday of May with a classic village feast.
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Outside Turbigo, but an easy day trip away.
