NEWS DAI DINTORNI

Uno sguardo ai dintorni
eventi sagre umbria
3 Oct

LOCAL EVENTS & FESTIVALS

Every village in Tuscia has its own local history and particular atmosphere. Here time moves slowly and is marked by a procession of religious and pagan festivals linked to local folklore and centuries old traditions.

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CASTIGIONE IN TEVERINA

May:

Local Saint’s Day – S.S. Crocefisso

First week of August:

Festival of Colli del Tevere wine

November:

Festival of San Martino – mushrooms and wine

25th December – 6th January:

“Presepe Vivente” a traditional representation of the Nativity

ORVIETO

May/June:

Corpus Domini: Mediaeval parade

May/June:

Festa della Palombella

September/October:

Orvieto con Gusto: Promoted by the Slowfood movement, this provides the perfect opportunity to sample the wine and food of the region

Christmas/New Year:

Umbria Jazz Winter: a programme of jazz concerts held in a range of settings from mediaval palaces and churches to street corners and town squares.

BOLSENA

May/June:

Corpus Domini: concerts and flowered parades

24th July:

Festa di Santa Cristina – parades and celebrations throughout the town

August:

Mediaeval festival, complete with witch trials; costumed parade

VITERBO

3rd September:

Annual festival of Santa Rosa, procession of the Macchina di Santa Rosa, a 30m high tower which is paraded around the streets, carried by 100 men

Antiques exhibition – Palazzo dei Papi, in the Mediaeval Quarter

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