Patron saint festival In 329 days
The Nativity of Mary, patron of the land of the Princes Ferrero Fieschi
📅 Every year, on 8 September
Masserano celebrates the Nativity of Mary on 8 September.
Masserano was a principality. A papal fief, and therefore in practice an independent state: in 1598 pope Clement VIII raised it to a principality of the Ferrero-Fieschi, who held it for nearly four centuries. On 2 July 1624 the people, worn out by their lords' abuses, stormed the castle, sacked it and destroyed it: the prince fled and his eldest son was killed.
The other matter is money. Thanks to a privilege obtained from Barbarossa the Fieschi could strike it, and a mint worked at Masserano for almost two centuries: it produced mainly counterfeits, which spread across the whole of Europe. The last prince gave up every sovereign right in 1767 and left for Spain.
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Castello Sanfelice 📍 Bagnoli del Trigno · 4.1 km At 783 metres above Bagnoli, the fortress that guarded the Castel di Sangro-Lucera drove road. chiesa di San Silvestro 📍 Bagnoli del Trigno · 4.5 km A church with no façade, wedged between two rocks, and a crucifix with jointed arms. Castello d'Evoli 📍 Castropignano · 9.4 km Legend gives it 365 rooms: the d'Evoli stronghold above the Biferno valley Santuario italico di Pietrabbondante 📍 Pietrabbondante · 11 km The theatre and temples where the Pentri Samnites gathered their senate, above the Trigno. castello D'Alessandro 📍 Pescolanciano · 11 km A drawbridge finished in 1691, relics in the ducal chapel, German officers in 1943. torre di Oratino 📍 Oratino · 12 km A doorway high above the ground and a ladder to haul up: the Norman tower of Oratino.