Fiumalbo

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

Massic80Fiumalbo dal Costolo CC BY-SA 3.0
Teo PollastriniAffreschi di Saccaccino da Carpi nell'Oratorio di San Rocco a Fiumalbo CC BY-SA 4.0
Teo PollastriniCa' de Jimmy Fiumalbo CC BY-SA 4.0
Teo PollastriniCappella Famiglia Geminiano Nardini, cimitero di Fiumalbo CC BY-SA 4.0
Teo PollastriniChiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione Fiumalbo CC BY-SA 4.0
Teo PollastriniCimitero di Fiumalbo CC BY-SA 4.0
Teo PollastriniFiumalbo dalla Comunicazione CC BY-SA 4.0
Teo PollastriniFiumalbo visto dal Costolo CC BY-SA 4.0
Teo PollastriniFiumalbo CC BY-SA 4.0
Teo PollastriniLuminara di San Bartolomeo a Fiumalbo CC BY-SA 4.0
Teo PollastriniLuminara di San Bartolomeo, Fiumalbo CC BY-SA 4.0
Teo PollastriniPiazza di Fiumalbo con la chiesa di San Bartolomeo Apostolo CC BY-SA 4.0

Look closely at Fiumalbo's old walls and you will spot margolfe, carved stone heads set into the masonry. The village sits in a wide basin of the high Modenese Apennines, where two streams meet below Monte Cimone and the Tuscan border, and it draws visitors in both summer and winter. Its main square holds the parish church and the churches of two confraternities, the Whites and the Reds.

Highlights

San Bartolomeo, with Romanesque carvings in the manner of Wiligelmo
The margolfe, carved heads set into the walls of old houses
Oratory of San Rocco, with frescoes by Saccaccino Saccaccini
The museum of sacred art in the Chiesa dei Rossi
Monte Cimone, the summit rising over the village basin

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Fiumalbo (IT), Fiumalbo (EN)), Wikivoyage (Fiumalbo). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 1,175

Things to see

Events through the year

Carnival torch run Seasonal · Shrove TuesdayRunners carry heavy torches through the centre to light a bonfire
Corpus Domini Infiorata Religious · Corpus Domini Sunday morningFlower carpets in the centre, mass and procession with confraternities
Feast of Saint Bartholomew Religious · Evening of 23 August, eve of the 24 August feastVillage and stream lit with candles; procession of the two confraternities
Living nativity scene Seasonal · Christmas Eve of even years, and early January · every 2 yearsTorch-lit old crafts and hundreds of extras around the nativity

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Fiumalbo), Wikivoyage (Fiumalbo). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Local food & wine

Black cabbage soupDishThe most typical local dish
Elena TartaglioneBorlengo di Guiglia 01 CC BY-SA 4.0
BorlenghiBread and pastaThin crepes filled with lard and cured meats
NerodiseppiaTigelle of Modena CC BY-SA 3.0
TigelleBread and pastaSmall round Modenese breads
CroccanteSweetBrittle of chestnut honey, almonds and caramel, said to be invented here
Porcini and chanterelle mushroomsLocal produce
Wild blueberriesLocal produce

Adapted from Wikivoyage (Fiumalbo). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

7 places to stay within 3 km

Hotels 3
B&Bs and guest houses 2
Campsites 1
Mountain huts 1

Thermal baths nearby

Thermal spa: Doccie basse · ~53 min by car
Thermal spa: Antico Stabilimento termale "Terme Alte" · ~1 h 09 by car
Thermal spa: Terme della Salvarola (IT) · ~1 h 24 by car
Thermal spa: Grotta Giusti Terme · ~1 h 27 by car