Legend says that count Robert of Bassavilla, out hunting, found the body of Saint Leo: from that, they say, was born the race of the carts, which San Martino still runs.
The town stands on a hill that falls sheer on two sides, and it is from that position that its second name comes: inside the walls stood the church of Santa Maria in Pensili, and in medieval documents the hill appears as in Pisili, in Pesule, in Pensulis. The in Pensilis of today, mistaken Latin, was added in 1863 to tell it apart from the other San Martinos of the kingdom. The 4,797 residents grow wheat, sunflowers and above all olives.
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📅 Every year, on 2 May, preceded by the cart race on 30 April
San Martino in Pensilis celebrates Saint Leo the Confessor on 2 May, preceded by the traditional cart race dedicated to him on 30 April; another cherished feast is that of Saint Blaise, with the horse transhumance into the town.
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Outside San Martino in Pensilis, but an easy day trip away.
