Patron saint festival In 257 days
Feast of Saint Peter
📅 Every year, on 29 June
On 29 June Benna, a municipality of 1,190 inhabitants in the province of Biella, celebrates its patron Saint Peter.
The name Benna is traditionally traced to the Celtic benna, a hut, a straw shack: a village that starts from its poorest houses. It stands in the Biella country, on the edge of the Baragge, the heath called the last Italian savannah, a nature reserve though part of it serves for military training.
The parish church of San Pietro is Renaissance and keeps early sixteenth-century Biellese painting; behind the gable of its plastered front the brick bell tower rises with a clock, and low steps run down to the square. The village also has the oratory of the Madonna delle Grazie.
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Benna, but an easy day trip away.
Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali 📍 Polignano a Mare · 700 m Puglia's only permanent contemporary art museum, set in a former slaughterhouse overlooking the sea in Polignano. Santuario di Maria Santissima Regina del Mondo 📍 Monopoli · 12 km The sanctuary in the Antonelli district of Monopoli, rebuilt as a vow for the town's safety and consecrated in 1950. Castellana Caves 📍 Castellana Grotte · 15 km A 3,348-meter karst cave system mapped in 1938, noted for its 60-meter-deep skylight and dazzling white formations. Celia peuceta 📍 Bari · 17 km Ancient Caelia, the Peucetian city that Bari beat with its harbour. Rione Monti 📍 Alberobello · 24 km The 1,030 trulli of Alberobello's larger quarter, laid dry-stone to dodge a tax. Trullo Sovrano 📍 Alberobello · 23 km With walls reaching 2.70 metres in thickness, the Trullo Sovrano is the supreme example of dry-stone architecture.