Patron saint festival In 72 days
Saint Stephen, patron of Cetona
📅 Every year, on 26 December
Cetona celebrates Saint Stephen on 26 December.
In 1418 the condottiero Braccio da Montone took Cetona and sold it to the Sienese. The people stayed loyal to Siena for almost a century and a half; then, in 1556, worn down by plagues and wars, they surrendered without fighting to the imperial army that had appeared under their walls.
Three years later Cosimo I gave the fief to Chiappino Vitelli, the general who had conquered Siena for him; the Vitelli opened up the town, shut inside its grim walls, and made it a place to live in. In 1652 the fortress, by then a private house, was granted to the Burchielli with one condition: to keep the public clock and the houses around it in order.
The Cetona guide
🎉 Festivals and feasts in Cetona 1
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🍝 The flavours of Cetona
Panforte di Siena sweet of almonds, candied fruit, honey and spices pressed into a disc
Almonds, candied fruit, flour, honey and spices pressed into a low disc: Siena's panforte has a recipe documented since 1205.
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Near Cetona
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Cetona, but an easy day trip away.
loggia e Odeo Cornaro 📍 Padua · 100 m Loggia and Odeo built by Alvise Cornaro in Padua in the early 16th century, now civic museums. basilica di Sant'Antonio di Padova 📍 Padua · 300 m Padua made him a saint in under a year, and his little church is still inside the basilica. chiesa di San Francesco Grande 📍 Padua · 300 m The church willed by a Paduan couple, finished by the widow alone. Orto botanico di Padova 📍 Padua · 400 m It was made against fraud: to tell the genuine medicinal plants from the fakes. chiesa di Santa Sofia 📍 Padua · 500 m The most eastern-looking Romanesque apse in the Veneto, in Padua's oldest church. Tomba di Antenore 📍 Padua · 500 m Tomb of Antenor in Padua, built in the 13th century for the city's legendary Trojan founder.