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The Assumption of Mary, patron of the land of the Sanctuary of the Milani
📅 Every year, on 8 September
Forno Canavese celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 8 September, in the church dedicated to her.
The name comes from the lime kilns scattered across the territory: the trade mattered so much that the arms show a kiln, with the Latin motto Virtus et labor ad solium ducunt, "virtue and labour lead to the throne". Until 1926 the town was called Forno di Rivara.
In the hamlet of Cimapiasole stands the chapel of San Bernardo, opened on 4 September 1497; inside it keeps a fresco and an inscription in Gothic letters dating from the building's foundation. The land climbs from the first Canavese hills to the top of Monte Soglio, at 1971 metres.
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Cattedrale della Madonna del Ponte 📍 Lanciano · 5.7 km Lanciano's cathedral, built over the arches of a bridge, with the terracotta statue of the Madonna del Ponte. Chiesa di San Nicola di Bari 📍 Lanciano · 6.0 km The church of Lanciano's Sacca district, with a late Gothic bell tower and fourteenth-century True Cross frescoes. Punta Aderci Reserve 📍 Vasto · 20 km Established in 1998, this 285-hectare coastal reserve features sandy dunes and the towering Punta Penna lighthouse. Riserva naturale guidata Punta Aderci 📍 Vasto · 19 km The first reserve on the Abruzzo coast: 285 hectares of beaches, dunes and cliffs north of the port of Vasto. spiaggia di Punta Penna 📍 Vasto · 21 km The beach of sand and dunes below the Punta Penna promontory, inside the Punta Aderci reserve. Faro di Punta Penna 📍 Vasto · 22 km Vasto's 70-metre lighthouse, the second tallest in Italy after Genoa's Lanterna, with 307 steps to the top.