Rivara, Italy (Piedmont): What to See, Eat & Stay

The arms carry a mountain of eleven peaks under a golden comet, and beneath it a line that reads almost like an advertisement: SALUBRIOR HISCE MONTIBUS AER, the air on these hills is healthier. In the second half of the nineteenth century the village became the meeting place of the painters known as the Scuola di Rivara.

In 1474 the castle was made a tribunal of the Inquisition, and some women of Levone, then part of its lands, were tried there: accused of witchcraft, they were condemned to the stake. A few decades earlier, during the Tuchinaggio revolt, things had gone otherwise here: terms were agreed with the lords and the disputes settled, with the marquis of Monferrato as arbiter.

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Where to stay

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Events & festivals 1

Next up: Saint John the Baptist, patron of the town of the Consolata torchlight procession, Sunday 27 June

Getting there

Nearest airport: Torino Caselle, 14 km away

🎉 Festivals and feasts in Rivara 1

Patron saint festival In 254 days

Saint John the Baptist, patron of the town of the Consolata torchlight procession

📅 Every year, on 24 June, celebrated the nearest Sunday; on 20 June torchlight procession for the Madonna Consolata

Rivara celebrates Saint John the Baptist on 24 June, with the traditional procession on the nearest Sunday; on 20 June, a night-time torchlight procession is held in honour of the Madonna Consolata, while on the last Sunday of August a committee organises festivities in honour of the Beheading of the Baptist.

What's around

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