Patron saint festival In 251 days
Feast of Saint John the Baptist
📅 Every year, on 24 June
On 24 June Magomadas, a municipality of 643 inhabitants in the province of Oristano, celebrates its patron Saint John the Baptist.
The name is Phoenician: Macomades, from the Semitic maqom hadash, «new place», the same name that recurs in many ancient settlements along the coasts of the western Mediterranean. The village stands high on the Planargia, and from the belvedere the coast can be seen from Cuglieri to Bosa and Alghero.
The coat of arms carries a line of Horace: praeter omnes angulus meus ridet, that corner of earth smiles on me more than any other. The corner, here, is planted with vines: the malvasia of Magomadas has a wine museum of its own. The village was a fief from 1464 and was redeemed in 1839; in 2003 it passed from the province of Nuoro to that of Oristano.
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Magomadas, but an easy day trip away.
chiesa dei Santi Martino e Rosa 📍 Conegliano · 14 km The Dominicans' church on the Monticano, in Conegliano: an unfinished brick façade and an Adoration of the Shepherds. chiesa dei Santi Rocco e Domenico 📍 Conegliano · 14 km The church of San Rocco in Conegliano, an ex-voto for the plague of 1630: twentieth-century façade, a De Min ceiling. duomo di Conegliano 📍 Conegliano · 15 km Conegliano's cathedral, hidden behind the frescoed Scuola dei Battuti: inside is Cima's altarpiece of 1492. Museo civico di Conegliano 📍 Conegliano · 15 km The museum in the tower of Conegliano's castle: picture gallery, detached frescoes and the panoramic terrace on top. chiesa di San Dionigi 📍 Conegliano · 17 km The parish church of Collalbrigo, a hamlet of Conegliano, rebuilt after the 1873 earthquake and consecrated in 1894. Chiesa di San Giorgio 📍 Pordenone · 21 km Pordenone church with a bell tower shaped like a Doric column and the statue of Saint George on top.