Patron saint festival In 111 days
Feast of Saint Blaise
📅 Every year, on 3 February
On 3 February Alonte celebrates its patron Saint Blaise, to whom the town's church is dedicated; the territory holds the Necropoli di Alonte and Villa Trevisan.
In 1312, in the wars of Vicenza and Padua, Alonte was laid waste and burned: from Lonigo, Maccà recalls, «the smoke of this fire could be seen». The old church stood outside the village, on the castelliere, and served as the parish church until 1878, when it was left because it was giving way; the new one had been begun ten years earlier, inside the village.
The name would be pre-Latin: from lonta, «deep hollow», or from a root al- meaning to flow, which turns up in river names across half of Europe. On the southern flank of the hill eight rectangular tombs cut into the rock can be counted. And the frazione of Corlanzone is the curtis of Lanzone, with its church of san Michele: two names that speak of the Lombards.
🎉 Festivals and feasts in Alonte 1
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🍝 The flavours of Alonte
Baccalà alla Vicentina stockfish slow-cooked with milk, oil and anchovies
Stockfish, milk, oil and anchovies, cooked for hours over the lowest heat: baccalà alla vicentina arrived from Norway with a shipwreck in 1432.
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Places to see within 25 km
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Teatro Antico di Taormina 📍 Taormina · 6.0 km Sicily's second-largest ancient theatre, with Etna framed in the gap of the Roman stage wall. duomo di Taormina 📍 Taormina · 5.2 km Taormina's medieval cathedral of Saint Nicholas blends Sicilian Romanesque-Gothic style with fortress battlements. Casa Cuseni 📍 Taormina · 5.0 km Historic Taormina villa featuring Arts and Crafts interiors, Grand Tour watercolors, and historic gardens. Castello di Monte Tauro 📍 Taormina · 5.3 km A medieval fortress set 400 meters above sea level on the ancient lower acropolis of Taormina. Museo archeologico di Taormina 📍 Taormina · 5.2 km Three rooms in the Badia Vecchia tower: Taormina's own digs, from the Greeks to Rome. Isola Bella 📍 Taormina · 6.7 km A tidal island in Taormina known for its exotic flora and mid-century architecture camouflaged among the rocks.