Patron saint festival
Feast of Saint Gaudentius
📅 Every year, on 29 September
On 29 September Pietralunga celebrates Saint Gaudentius; the village also hosts the "S. Bambini" ornithological and natural history museum.
In the archaeological museum of Perugia there is a flute made from a human shin bone: it comes from here, from the prehistory of Pietralunga. The Umbrians called the place Tufi; the Romans made it the municipium of Forum Julii Concupiensium, which Pliny names in his Natural History.
On 30 April 1944 the San Faustino partisan brigade took the barracks and declared Pietralunga a free zone, putting back the mayor the fascists had driven out in 1921: May Day was celebrated after twenty-three years. A week later, on 7 May, the German round-up ended with seven young men shot in the main square. The 2,182 residents hold the bronze medal for military valour.
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Royal Palace of Caserta 📍 Caserta · 21 km The Bourbon palace: 1,200 rooms, 1,742 windows and three kilometres of fountains uphill. Ponte Leproso 📍 Benevento · 17 km Roman bridge over the Sabato where the Via Appia entered Benevento, rebuilt in 1712; UNESCO site. Basilica del Corpus Domini 📍 Maddaloni · 17 km Maddaloni's main church, with a high altar designed by Luigi Vanvitelli and panels by Pompeo Landolfo. basilica della Madonna delle Grazie 📍 Benevento · 17 km Neoclassical Greek-cross basilica to the patron Madonna of Benevento, with a Franciscan convent. teatro romano di Benevento 📍 Benevento · 17 km Roman theatre inaugurated under Hadrian between 125 and 128, with a 98-metre cavea; still used for shows. duomo di Benevento 📍 Benevento · 17 km Cathedral rebuilt after its destruction in 1943, keeping the Romanesque façade, bell tower and ancient crypt.