Patron saint festival In 56 days
Saint Syrus, patron of the land of the medieval gate
📅 Every year, on 9 December
Paruzzaro celebrates Saint Syrus on 9 December, in the church dedicated to him.
The name has two readings. Some link it to paluciarius, a palisade, and to an origin on piles; others to the Piedmontese word parussina, meaning great tit, reading it as a place full of great tits.
In old documents the village is repeatedly called longobardorum, for its close tie with the Lombards; under the Franks it fell within the county of Pombia. In 1928 it took in two villages, Montrigiasco and Oleggio Castello, and ended up losing both: Oleggio Castello became a commune again in 1948, and Montrigiasco passed to Arona in 1960.
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Places to see within 25 km
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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.