Patron saint festival In 26 days
Feast of Saint Martin
📅 Every year, on 11 November
On 11 November Orsara Bormida celebrates its patron Saint Martin; the municipal territory also holds the castle and a church dedicated to him.
Orsara Bormida lies on the right bank of the Bormida, in the province of Alessandria; in Piedmontese it is called L'Ursera. The village sits on a knoll, while the hamlets of Moglia, Piano, San Quirico and Uvallare stay lower down; the town's arms carry a red castle beneath a crowned black eagle on gold.
The castle stands on the pale rock shelf that carries the houses. Its watchtower was built in 1000 and in the fourteenth century a second, octagonal tower was added; an oratory adjoins the complex. From the valley you pick out the long wing with red shutters and the tiled roof of the tower.
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