On 22 September 1980 the Italian post office printed a 200-lire stamp with the castle of Cerro, in the Castles of Italy series. It had begun around the year 1000 as a simple enclosure on top of the mountain, somewhere to keep supplies safe; then, towards 1400, Federico Pandone built on it the castle that gave it his name and its shape.
The village is far older: in 899 the abbot Roffredo of San Vincenzo al Volturno brought a colony of farmers here, and the name came from the turkey oaks that covered the place. Today a little stepped lane climbs from the village, 1,341 residents, up to the castle, which inside has become a hotel.
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📅 Every year, on 5 August
Cerro al Volturno celebrates Saint Emygdius on 5 August; venerated as a cephalophoric martyr, bishop of Ascoli Piceno beheaded in 303 or 309, he is traditionally invoked as a protector against earthquakes, and is also patron of Ascoli Piceno and Leporano.
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Outside Cerro al Volturno, but an easy day trip away.
