Patron saint festival In 328 days
The Nativity of Mary, patron of Giussago
📅 Every year, on 8 September
Giussago celebrates the Nativity of Mary on 8 September, in the church dedicated to her.
Giussago is the sum of a dozen villages that no longer exist. The comune took shape through successive mergers: in 1757 came Cassina Maggiore and Nivolto, in 1872 Casatico, in 1928 Baselica Bologna, Carpignago and Turago Bordone. And each of those had already swallowed others in its turn: Carpignago had absorbed Villanova de' Beretti, Guinzano and Liconasco, and Liconasco in turn Novedo, Moriago and San Colombanino. The result is that today the main village holds less than a third of the comune's inhabitants.
The most important of those villages was Baselica Bologna, seat of an ancient pieve whose jurisdiction reached as far as Casarile and Binasco; in the twelfth century it was called Baserice Nove, that is "new basilicas", and its church holds the remains of the blessed Baldassarre Ravaschieri of Chiavari. The name Giussago, on the other hand, comes from a Iustius, a Roman landowner; the road that linked Milan to Pavia passed close by here.
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Near Giussago
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Giussago, but an easy day trip away.
Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali 📍 Polignano a Mare · 700 m Puglia's only permanent contemporary art museum, set in a former slaughterhouse overlooking the sea in Polignano. Santuario di Maria Santissima Regina del Mondo 📍 Monopoli · 12 km The sanctuary in the Antonelli district of Monopoli, rebuilt as a vow for the town's safety and consecrated in 1950. Castellana Caves 📍 Castellana Grotte · 15 km A 3,348-meter karst cave system mapped in 1938, noted for its 60-meter-deep skylight and dazzling white formations. Celia peuceta 📍 Bari · 17 km Ancient Caelia, the Peucetian city that Bari beat with its harbour. Rione Monti 📍 Alberobello · 24 km The 1,030 trulli of Alberobello's larger quarter, laid dry-stone to dodge a tax. Trullo Sovrano 📍 Alberobello · 23 km With walls reaching 2.70 metres in thickness, the Trullo Sovrano is the supreme example of dry-stone architecture.