Patron saint festival In 250 days
Feast of Saint John the Baptist
📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Cesana Torinese, a municipality of 1,007 inhabitants in the province of Turin, celebrates its patron Saint John the Baptist.
Cesana Torinese lies in the upper Val di Susa, where the Ripa and the Piccola Dora meet below the Chaberton, on the Roman road from the Po plain into Gaul. In 1155 the emperor Frederick I allowed the dauphin Guigues V of Albon to strike silver coins here; from 1281 the coins carried the dolphin, which recurs in the local coats of arms.
The parish church of San Giovanni Battista, above the village, keeps the three apses and the bell tower of the Romanesque building; the doorway is dated 1518. Plaster has fallen from the stone flank, the tower ends in a spire above the clock, and a fifteenth-century fountain stands nearby.
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Places to see within 25 km
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Castelli Romani 📍 Albano Laziale · 8.3 km The protected area of the Alban Hills: Lakes Albano and Nemi, Tusculum and chestnut woods on the old volcano. Cattedrale di San Pancrazio 📍 Albano Laziale · 10 km The cathedral of Albano Laziale, with its eighteenth-century peperino façade and remains of Leo III's basilica. Museo Civico 📍 Albano Laziale · 11 km Albano's museum in Villa Ferrajoli: from the volcano of the Alban Hills to a pile-dwelling village and Pompey's villa. Chiesa di Santa Maria della Stella 📍 Albano Laziale · 11 km The Savelli church above the catacombs of San Senatore, in Albano, next to the historic cemetery. Castel Savello 📍 Albano Laziale · 12 km The ruins of the Savelli stronghold on an isolated hill below Albano, razed in 1435 and never rebuilt. Hadrian's Villa 📍 Tivoli · 15 km Spanning over 120 hectares, this 2nd-century imperial residence is a masterpiece of Roman architecture and UNESCO site.