Patron saint festival
Feast of Saint Simeon
📅 Every year, on 8 October
On 8 October Monterchi celebrates its patron Saint Simeon; the town hosts the Museo della Madonna del Parto, dedicated to the famous fresco by Piero della Francesca.
The Madonna del Parto was painted by Piero della Francesca for his mother, who came from here: her name was Romana di Perino da Monterchi. The fresco was in the chapel of Santa Maria di Momentana and now has a museum of its own, in the village.
The name comes from Mons Herculis, the mount of Hercules, and legend says it was he who founded the place after killing the Hydra: both are on the coat of arms. One street is called via Protoli, that is «before the tholos», the round temple that perhaps stood on the hill. The two strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the province of Arezzo happened here: the one on Christmas Day 1352 and the one of 26 April 1917. The town hall, rebuilt afterwards, is by Giovanni Michelucci.
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chiesa di San Donato 📍 Massimino · 9.3 km The parish church of San Donato in the hamlet of San Vincenzo, baroque, built between 1818 and 1820. monastero di Santo Stefano 📍 Millesimo · 14 km Baroque church and fifteenth-century cloister, Cistercian until 1802, now inside a private castle. castello di Millesimo 📍 Millesimo · 15 km Dismantled in 1553 so the French could not take it, the thirteenth-century keep is open again. Castello di Cairo Montenotte 📍 Cairo Montenotte · 20 km The ruins of the Del Carretto castle above Cairo Montenotte, in the upper Bormida valley. Ferrania Film Museum 📍 Cairo Montenotte · 20 km Six themed rooms in Palazzo Scarampi for the plant that made Ferrania a name in world cinema. castello di Dego 📍 Dego · 24 km Ruins at Cua, above the Val Bormida, and a Napoleonic path that climbs up to them.