Patron saint festival In 118 days
Saint Damian, patron of the land of Palazzo Contini-Dessilani
📅 Every year, on 12 February
Fara Novarese celebrates Saint Damian on 12 February.
Fara had two castles, and their names still keep them apart: the Castrum Vetus, known in the village as the Castellone, and the Castrum Novum, that is the Upper Castle. From Roman times the sarcophagus of Lucius Lupercus survives.
The village also has the Fonte della Salute, the scurolo of San Damiano and a museum given over to the nativity scene. The wine made hereabouts is called Fara, like the commune.
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Insigne collegiata parrocchiale di Santa Maria Maggiore 📍 Guglionesi · 12 km Beneath the late Baroque, a 12th-century crypt with two surviving frescoes. Torre di Petacciato 📍 Petacciato · 12 km A coastal tower of 1568, split in two by a landslide in 1777. Old Termoli 📍 Termoli · 15 km A walled Adriatic promontory featuring an 11th-century castle, a Romanesque cathedral, and historic wooden trabucchi. chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta 📍 Guardialfiera · 17 km A Holy Door that opens every year, except when it is a Jubilee. Riserva naturale regionale Marina di Vasto 📍 Vasto · 16 km Three kilometres of dunes and wetlands between Vasto and San Salvo, where the Kentish plover nests. cattedrale di Santa Maria della Purificazione 📍 Termoli · 19 km Dragons and griffins on the front, and a crypt with a Romanesque mosaic floor.