Patron saint festival In 319 days
Feast of Sant'Innocenzo
📅 Every year, on the last Sunday of August
On the last Sunday of August Sezzadio, a municipality of 1,294 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron Sant'Innocenzo.
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Until 1916 the village was called Sezzè; in Piedmontese it is still Atzé. It lies in the plain of Alessandria, on the right bank of the Bormida, and the first houses are thought to have grown around a posting station on the Roman road from Piacenza to Albenga. Local tradition has Aleramo, founder of the Aleramici, born here; the town arms are a variant of Alessandria's.
The abbey of Santa Giustina was founded in 722 by the Lombard king Liutprand, on his way to Pavia for the translation of Saint Augustine's body; Marquis Oberto enlarged it and the Benedictines kept it until 1474. Its front is brick and river stone, a square tower above.
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Castellana Caves 📍 Castellana Grotte · 1.8 km A 3,348-meter karst cave system mapped in 1938, noted for its 60-meter-deep skylight and dazzling white formations. Santuario di Maria Santissima Regina del Mondo 📍 Monopoli · 6.4 km The sanctuary in the Antonelli district of Monopoli, rebuilt as a vow for the town's safety and consecrated in 1950. Rione Monti 📍 Alberobello · 13 km The 1,030 trulli of Alberobello's larger quarter, laid dry-stone to dodge a tax. Trullo Sovrano 📍 Alberobello · 12 km With walls reaching 2.70 metres in thickness, the Trullo Sovrano is the supreme example of dry-stone architecture. Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali 📍 Polignano a Mare · 13 km Puglia's only permanent contemporary art museum, set in a former slaughterhouse overlooking the sea in Polignano. Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate 📍 Fasano · 17 km The Observant friars' church in Fasano, with its dome, onion-spired bell tower and frescoed 1600s cloister.