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Feast of the Madonna del Carmine
📅 Every year, on 16 July
On 16 July Castellamonte celebrates the Madonna del Carmine, in the town that turned terracotta into its famous stoves.
Castellamonte spreads in a horseshoe below the hill topped by its castle, which is where the name comes from, Castrum ad montem, on the edge of the Valle Sacra. In the tenth and eleventh centuries the land belonged to the San Martino counts, descendants of Arduin, king of Italy: their county held together the Valle Sacra, the Valchiusella and the Val di Chy.
What the town is known for is ceramics: the first terracotta stoves probably date from the sixteenth century, and at the end of the eighteenth the franklin appeared here, the first terracotta fireplace with air circulation and a visible flame. At its centre stands the Rotonda Antonelliana, all that remains of the church Alessandro Antonelli began in 1842, meant to rival St Peter's.
The Castellamonte guide
What to see 3
castello di Castellamonte · chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo · Museo della ceramica Raccolta civica di Terra Rossa
Where to stay 18
18 places to stay · top rated: Sweet Home Canavese 9.3 · 3T Boutique Hotel 9.2
Events & festivals 1
Next up: Feast of the Madonna del Carmine, Friday 16 July
Getting there
Nearest airport: Torino Caselle, 21 km away
Tours, tickets and experiences
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What to see in Castellamonte
castello di Castellamonte Seven gates in the curtain wall and a fief split into 271 points of jurisdiction. 
chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo Built inside the presbytery of the church Antonelli never finished, in neo-Gothic style. 
Museo della ceramica Raccolta civica di Terra Rossa In Palazzo Botton: stoves, franklin firedogs and two thousand ceramic whistles. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
Near Castellamonte
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Castellamonte, but an easy day trip away.
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.