Patron saint festival
Saint Firmin of Amiens, patron of the land of the Lurduit spring
📅 Every year, on the fourth Sunday of September
Cercenasco celebrates Saint Firmin of Amiens on the fourth Sunday of September, in the chapel dedicated to him.
The old name, Circinascum, is an adjective in -asco, a Ligurian suffix, built on circinus, a circle: it probably meant an enclosure. In 1225 the fief went to the lords of Bernezzo, and their heirs built the castle and the chapel of Sant'Anna, which keeps some good frescoes.
In October 1693, after the battle of Marsaglia, French troops under General Catinat burned Cercenasco; the castle walls did not come down in the fire, so they were blown up with mines, as Catinat told Louis XIV. North of the village, in the Stonea wetland, dozens of springs fed the tanks where hemp was retted; some are still there.
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Cercenasco, but an easy day trip away.
Castellazzo 📍 Caluso · 3.5 km The ruins of the medieval fort on the morainic hill that overlooks Caluso. chiesa di San Calocero 📍 Caluso · 3.5 km The ruins of a Romanesque church of 1177, the castle's own, with Roman bricks in its walls. Palazzo Valperga di Masino 📍 Caluso · 3.6 km The Valperga palace, now town hall and regional wine cellar, with a park turned botanical garden. Villa Griselli 📍 Caluso · 3.8 km An Art Nouveau villa of 1926, built at Caluso by a doctor home from Argentina. castello di Malgrà 📍 Rivarolo Canavese · 9.7 km A fourteenth-century castle on the plain, remade by Alfredo d'Andrade: the railway ran beneath it. chiesa parrocchiale di San Michele 📍 Rivarolo Canavese · 10 km An octagonal church of 1759, a masterpiece by Vittone, with a statue fished from the Orco.