Patron saint festival In 25 days
Feast of Saint Martin
📅 Every year, on 11 November
On 11 November Mezzenile celebrates its patron Saint Martin, to whom the town's church is dedicated.
Mezzenile lies in the Lanzo Valleys, on the right bank of the Stura, and its land climbs from the valley floor to the ridge that separates the Stura from the Viù valley. On the coat of arms, along a silver band, sit eight black nails: nailmaking was one of the main trades here, and a small museum at Forneri recalls it. To the north the municipality once reached Pessinetto.
The parish church of San Martino Vescovo was consecrated in 1868, but is far older, and the bell tower still keeps Romanesque work. The Pugnetto caves lie in the same territory, the longest in Italy among those opening in calcschist, protected for its underground wildlife.
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Mezzenile, but an easy day trip away.
monastero di Astino 📍 Bergamo · 6.7 km The Vallombrosan monastery in a farmed valley at the gates of Bergamo. Città Alta and the Venetian Walls 📍 Bergamo · 8.1 km A 6,200-meter wall built by Venice in the 16th century, this UNESCO World Heritage site encloses Bergamo Alta. basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore 📍 Bergamo · 8.1 km The church without a façade in Bergamo's upper town: Campione's lions and the intarsias designed by Lotto. Museo civico di scienze naturali Enrico Caffi 📍 Bergamo · 8.0 km The Città Alta museum with one of the world's oldest flying reptiles, found in a nearby valley. Casa natale di Gaetano Donizetti 📍 Bergamo · 7.8 km The house-museum where Gaetano Donizetti was born in 1797, with the family's basement rooms. chiesa di Santa Grata in Columnellis 📍 Bergamo · 7.7 km Church of Bergamo's oldest Benedictine monastery, on via Arena, with the remains of the ancient portico.