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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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Porta Mosa 📍 Cremona · 7.3 km The last gate left in Cremona, medieval in origin, with a sixteenth-century archway and the bastion of San Giorgio. Chiesa di San Sisto 📍 Piacenza · 20 km Renaissance church in Piacenza that kept Raphael's Sistine Madonna, with the tomb of Margaret of Austria. Palazzo Farnese 📍 Piacenza · 20 km Great Farnese palace of Piacenza designed by Vignola, home to the civic museums with the Etruscan liver and Botticelli. Chiesa delle Benedettine 📍 Piacenza · 20 km Deconsecrated Baroque church of 1681 built by the Farnese, with a double church for nuns and faithful and a great dome. Basilica di San Savino 📍 Piacenza · 21 km Romanesque basilica in Piacenza with a Baroque façade of 1721, a crypt with zodiac mosaics and Saint Sabinus's relics. Violin Museum 📍 Cremona · 24 km Housed in Cremona's Palazzo dell'Arte, this museum displays masterpieces by Stradivari and the city's greatest luthiers.