Patron saint festival In 269 days
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
📅 Every year, on 11 July
On 11 July Rivarossa, a municipality of 1,626 inhabitants in the province of Turin, celebrates its patroness Saint Mary Magdalene.
The first settlement stood on the Borgallo knoll, between the eighth and ninth centuries. In the eleventh century a Cluniac priory of Santa Maria Maddalena rose beside it, perhaps founded by Arduin himself; the monks drew settlers and the place grew.
In 1313 Rivarossa fell to Philip I of Savoy-Achaea, and the Valperga, allies of the marquises of Monferrato, sacked it repeatedly to hurt that Savoyard branch. The French and Spanish incursions of the sixteenth century brought down the castle and the walls: a chronicle of the day says that after the raid of 1539 almost every villager was dead. It refilled slowly.
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Rivarossa, but an easy day trip away.
certosa di Parma 📍 Parma · 8.3 km The charterhouse of Stendhal's title, now a police school and rarely open. Parma Baptistery 📍 Parma · 11 km Benedetto Antelami’s pink marble masterpiece, a European landmark bridging Romanesque and Gothic design in Parma. arco di San Lazzaro 📍 Parma · 9.8 km Arch of San Lazzaro in Parma, built in 1628 on via Emilia Est, restored in 2005. chiesa di San Sepolcro 📍 Parma · 11 km The Holy Sepulchre canons' church on the via Emilia, with a coffered ceiling. abbazia di San Giovanni Evangelista 📍 Parma · 11 km Correggio's second dome in Parma, and the Benedictine pharmacy with its jars in rows. teatro Farnese 📍 Parma · 12 km The Farnese wooden theatre in the Pilotta, inaugurated with a naval battle in the stalls.