Patron saint festival In 282 days
Saint James, patron of the land of the Sanctuary of the Madonna dei Martiri
📅 Every year, on 25 July
Balangero celebrates Saint James on 25 July, in the church dedicated to him.
The arms show a tower, that of the tenth-century castle, with two cannonballs lodged in its masonry: they recall that here, for the first time in Italy, artillery was used during a siege. Above are the blazons of the lords: the cross of Savoy, who ruled from 1356, and the crowned eagle of the viscounts of Baratonia, who held Balangero in fief for over two centuries.
For some eighty years, between Balangero and neighbouring Corio, an asbestos quarry was worked, reckoned the largest open-cast one in Europe. The town lies at the mouth of the Lanzo valleys, crossed by the Banna stream.
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Balangero, but an easy day trip away.
Museo diocesano di Rieti 📍 Rieti · 17 km Rieti's diocesan museum, a route through baptistery, sacristies, lapidarium and the Papal Palace gallery. Oratorio di San Pietro martire 📍 Rieti · 17 km The chapel of Rieti's San Domenico convent with the Torresani brothers' Last Judgement, rarely open. Amiternum 📍 L'Aquila · 22 km Sallust's Sabine city under the fields: a theatre, an amphitheatre and a whole Amiternum never excavated. chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo 📍 L'Aquila · 23 km Romanesque church at San Vittorino with fifth-century catacombs, near ancient Amiternum. Teatro romano di Amiternum 📍 L'Aquila · 22 km Augustan theatre of ancient Amiternum, near San Vittorino, with opus reticulatum walls.