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For centuries, visitors and tourists have flocked to the streets, the squares and Venice's landmark- St. Mark's Square- to enjoy its Carnival. A more select audience will participate in the sumptuous masquerade balls, including the most famous of them all, Il Ballo del Doge, reliving the ...
Recognized as one of Italy's 27 Historical Carnivals, Larino in the Campobasso province of Molise, will be back in all its grandeur on March 2nd and 3rd and March 9th and 10th. In its 44th edition, it will be a celebration of beautiful, allegorical floats. ...
It's finally here! After a long wait that began in October 2014, everything is finally ready for the opening ceremony of Matera European Capital of Culture 2019! The inauguration will kick off a 48 week long series of cultural events in the fabulous "City of Stones"! The inaugural ceremony will ...
For all of you- fellow travelers- whether it's in a camper, on a boat, on foot in the mountains, or any other way you can imagine- the travel and tourism trade show in Padua awaits you! Itinerando, as it's named in Italian, will be held from February 1-3, ...
Being that Viareggio is my adoptive town, I would like to tell you about it's famous Carnival which takes place every year with an explosion of sounds and colors. The residents of this beautiful coastal town dedicate months preparing costumes, floats, amazing events like Rioni nights (quarter or neighborhood parties) ...
Perhaps the people of Catania are exaggerating a bit when they say this is the "second biggest religious festival in the world". Well, maybe we are not quite at a planetary level, but the feast of St. Agatha (video here) is a show that goes on ...
Sickles, wash tubs and barrels are percussion instruments to drive the demons away: this is the musical festival in honour of Sant’Antuono (St. Anthony or Anthony the Great). The event is celebrated every year on January 17 in Macerata Campania, today an industrious little town ...
The most important of the traditions of the city of Lodi begins with the arrival of the new year. On 19th January, in fact, Lodi celebrates St. Bassianus, the patron saint of the city. Lodi is a small town in the Po Valley, located between Milan ...
Once again this year throughout Italy the Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot will be celebrated on January 17th, the day of his death in the year 356. Sant'Antonio Abate, as he is referred to in Italian, is one of the most illustrious hermits in the history of the ...
I arrive in Volterra in the dead of winter. Driving along the old Volterranean road is like climbing a hill through a fairy tale wood. When rounding one of the last bends, the old medieval town comes into view at the top of the hill. ...
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