Patron saint festival
Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel
📅 Every year, on 29 September
On 29 September Montefortino celebrates Saint Michael the Archangel; the municipality also includes the sanctuary of the Madonna dell'Ambro.
In 1066 the men of Montefortino and those of Visso fought at Capotenna, where the Tenna rises, over the high pastures: Montefortino won, and in thanks its people carved a statue out of fig wood and placed it in the hermitage of Sant'Antonio, up there. The quarrels with the neighbours ended only in 1265, and the church of the Madonna della Pace recalls it.
The village became a free commune in 1084, with statutes of its own. Below, the Tenna cuts the Infernaccio gorges, and above their walls stands the hermitage of San Leonardo al Volubrio; in the next valley the sanctuary of the Madonna dell'Ambro recalls the apparition to a shepherd girl mute from birth, who spoke. Some place names — Colmartese, Campo d'Arte — come from the Roman cult of Mars.
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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.