Patron saint festival In 255 days
Saint Peter the Apostle, patron of the land of the Asti Lanze
📅 Every year, on 29 June
Castagnole delle Lanze celebrates the apostle Saint Peter on 29 June.
The "delle Lanze" comes from a family: the Lancia, whose line was begun by Manfredo I, from 1190 marquis of Busca and count of Loreto. He had earned the nickname as a young man, serving as a lance-bearer at the court of Frederick Barbarossa. Castagnole is the only comune in Piedmont to carry a name of the kind.
From the Lancia came Bianca, last wife of the emperor Frederick II — though the documents disagree on who her father was — and from her Manfredi, king of Sicily, whom Dante puts in the Commedia: "biondo era e bello e di gentile aspetto". Between the late fourteenth and the early seventeenth century Castagnole was never enfeoffed: it answered directly to the governor of Asti.
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Places to see within 25 km
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Castelli Romani 📍 Albano Laziale · 8.3 km The protected area of the Alban Hills: Lakes Albano and Nemi, Tusculum and chestnut woods on the old volcano. Cattedrale di San Pancrazio 📍 Albano Laziale · 10 km The cathedral of Albano Laziale, with its eighteenth-century peperino façade and remains of Leo III's basilica. Museo Civico 📍 Albano Laziale · 11 km Albano's museum in Villa Ferrajoli: from the volcano of the Alban Hills to a pile-dwelling village and Pompey's villa. Chiesa di Santa Maria della Stella 📍 Albano Laziale · 11 km The Savelli church above the catacombs of San Senatore, in Albano, next to the historic cemetery. Castel Savello 📍 Albano Laziale · 12 km The ruins of the Savelli stronghold on an isolated hill below Albano, razed in 1435 and never rebuilt. Hadrian's Villa 📍 Tivoli · 15 km Spanning over 120 hectares, this 2nd-century imperial residence is a masterpiece of Roman architecture and UNESCO site.