Patron saint festival In 253 days
Saint John the Baptist, patron of the town of Castello di Parpaglia
📅 Every year, on 24 June
Candiolo celebrates Saint John the Baptist on 24 June, in the church dedicated to him.
Candiolo lies in the plain south of Turin, inside the Stupinigi nature park. In the town centre stands the parish church of San Giovanni Battista, of the eighteenth century; inside the park is the medieval castle of Parpaglia, now in a heavy state of neglect.
What people usually link to this area, though, is just over the municipal boundary: the Stupinigi hunting lodge stands in the territory of Nichelino, and the old Vinovo racecourse is in the hamlet of Garino, which belongs to Vinovo. Candiolo itself is a plain town with no monuments to speak of, and its history is read in the farmland rather than in its buildings.
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Near Candiolo
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Candiolo, but an easy day trip away.
chiesa di San Donato 📍 Massimino · 9.3 km The parish church of San Donato in the hamlet of San Vincenzo, baroque, built between 1818 and 1820. monastero di Santo Stefano 📍 Millesimo · 14 km Baroque church and fifteenth-century cloister, Cistercian until 1802, now inside a private castle. castello di Millesimo 📍 Millesimo · 15 km Dismantled in 1553 so the French could not take it, the thirteenth-century keep is open again. Castello di Cairo Montenotte 📍 Cairo Montenotte · 20 km The ruins of the Del Carretto castle above Cairo Montenotte, in the upper Bormida valley. Ferrania Film Museum 📍 Cairo Montenotte · 20 km Six themed rooms in Palazzo Scarampi for the plant that made Ferrania a name in world cinema. castello di Dego 📍 Dego · 24 km Ruins at Cua, above the Val Bormida, and a Napoleonic path that climbs up to them.