Patron saint festival In 14 days
Feast of Saints Simone and Giuda
📅 Every year, on 28 October
On 28 October Ricaldone, a municipality of 675 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron saints Simone and Giuda.
The name joins runcus, scrubland, to the patronymic Aldo: Ricaldone is the scrubland of Aldo, the Lombard chief who took these lands in the seventh century. The community always ran on its own Statutes, while feudal lords bought rights and resold them to the highest bidder; in 1199 Alessandria destroyed the village, and in 1774 it won its independence.
The parish church of Saints Simon and Jude replaced the old church of San Michele, which still stands at the village entrance; the Statutes of 1493 already name a church with that dedication. The old nursery school houses the documentation centre devoted to Luigi Tenco, and the singer is buried in the cemetery.
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Museo dell'orologio da torre 📍 Uscio · 200 m Four centuries of tower clocks in the Trebino workshop, where the Piacentini tower dial was built. Chiesa di Santa Margherita 📍 Avegno · 2.8 km Testana's church, with a Flemish relief that came through the port of Genoa. viadotto Torrente Sori 📍 Sori · 5.5 km 105 metres above the valley: the Dywidag cantilever system made its Italian debut here in 1966. Chiesa di Sant'Ambrogio 📍 Bargagli · 6.0 km Traso's parish church, dedicated to Milan's bishop in Genoese country. chiesa di Nostra Signora delle Grazie 📍 Recco · 5.9 km At Megli they venerate a 45-millimetre thorn and a Byzantine panel brought by sea in 1216 chiesa dei Santi Giovanni Battista e Giovanni Bono 📍 Recco · 6.1 km The bell tower was rebuilt to 55 metres, the exact height the 1943 bombs took down