Savignano Irpino
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Savignano Irpino sits on a saddle between two hills, the Tombola and the Calvario, looking down on the wooded Cervaro valley at the border with Apulia. Until 1963 it was called Savignano di Puglia, a sign of a place long caught between two regions. Through the Porta Grande lies the medieval core, overlooked by the Norman castle of the Guevara family.
Highlights
- Castello de Guevara, a Norman castle now used as a conference centre
- Valley views from the Belvedere della Tombola
- Mother church of San Nicola e Sant'Anna, with a stone baptistery portal of 1514
- The Ferrara plateau, with the lone church of Santa Sofia and a sulphur spring
- Fontana Angelica, the town fountain built in 1912
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Savignano Irpino (IT), Savignano Irpino (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 1,004
Events through the year
- Feast of Saint Anne
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Savignano Irpino). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- Irpinia - Colline dell'Ufita olive oil (PDO) (IT)Olive oilExtra virgin oil from the prized Ravece cultivar
- Homemade pastaBread and pasta
Adapted from Wikipedia (Savignano Irpino). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
No places to stay are mapped within 3 km.
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Terme di Villamaina · ~50 min by car
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Nearby member villages
- Zungoli · 12 km
- Bovino · 14 km
- Roseto Valfortore · 17 km
- Alberona · 23 km
- Frigento · 26 km