Feast of Maria Assunta
📅 Every year, on 15 August
On 15 August Colosimi, a municipality of 1,313 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patroness Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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227 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 15
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📅 Every year, on 15 August
On 15 August Colosimi, a municipality of 1,313 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patroness Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Farra d'Isonzo, a municipality of 1,752 inhabitants in the province of Gorizia, celebrates its patroness Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Moncestino, a municipality of 228 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patroness Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Morfasso, a municipality of 1,105 inhabitants in the province of Piacenza, celebrates its patroness Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Tesimo, a municipality of 1,854 inhabitants in the province of Bolzano, celebrates its patroness Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 and 16 August Camparada, a municipality of 2,074 inhabitants in the province of Monza and Brianza, celebrates its patrons Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary) and San Rocco.
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On 15 August Arre, a municipality of 2,191 inhabitants in the province of Padua, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Corana, a municipality of 798 inhabitants in the province of Pavia, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Cravagliana, a municipality of 278 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Foza, a municipality of 717 inhabitants in the province of Vicenza, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Pieve Fissiraga, a municipality of 1,604 inhabitants in the province of Lodi, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Pieve Tesino, a municipality of 681 inhabitants in the province of Trento, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Rive, a municipality of 469 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Rocca Cigliè, a municipality of 154 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Rocchetta Tanaro, a municipality of 1,437 inhabitants in the province of Asti, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Roddi, a municipality of 1,546 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Santa Maria Maggiore, a municipality of 1,264 inhabitants in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Schignano, a municipality of 874 inhabitants in the province of Como, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 and 16 August Rignano Garganico, a municipality of 2,200 inhabitants in the province of Foggia, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta and San Rocco.
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On 15 August Taurano, a municipality of 1,600 inhabitants in the province of Avellino, celebrates its patroness Maria Santissima Assunta in Cielo (Assumption of Mary into Heaven).
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On 15 August Lisio, a municipality of 214 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Maria Vergine Assunta (Virgin Mary of the Assumption).
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On 15 August Montaldo di Mondovì, a municipality of 571 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Maria Vergine Assunta (Virgin Mary of the Assumption).
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On 15 August Sale delle Langhe, a municipality of 525 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Maria Vergine Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Sinio, a municipality of 516 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patrons San Frontiniano and Maria Santissima Assunta.
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On the third Sunday of August Urzulei, a municipality of 1,295 inhabitants in the province of Nuoro, celebrates its patron San Giorgio.
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On the third Sunday of August Villa San Giovanni in Tuscia, a municipality of 1,313 inhabitants in the province of Viterbo, celebrates its patron San Giovanni Battista.
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On the third Sunday of August Castelletto Uzzone, a municipality of 365 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patron San Ludovico.
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On the third Sunday of August Rocca de' Baldi, a municipality of 1,698 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patron San Magno.
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On 15 and 16 August Capriati a Volturno, a municipality of 1,594 inhabitants in the province of Caserta, celebrates San Nicola and San Rocco with a procession and the bow of the two statues.
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On 15 August Magrè sulla Strada del Vino, a municipality of 1,281 inhabitants in the province of Bolzano, celebrates its patroness Santa Geltrude.
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On the third Sunday of August Salisano, a municipality of 558 inhabitants in the province of Rieti, celebrates its patroness Santa Giulia.
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On 15 August Netro, a municipality of 1,015 inhabitants in the province of Biella, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria.
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On 15 August Acceglio, a municipality of 174 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Agazzano, a municipality of 2,070 inhabitants in the province of Piacenza, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Albareto, a municipality of 2,165 inhabitants in the province of Parma, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Austis, a municipality of 876 inhabitants in the province of Nuoro, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Barone Canavese, a municipality of 599 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Bioglio, a municipality of 986 inhabitants in the province of Biella, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Borgo di Terzo, a municipality of 1,090 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Brondello, a municipality of 287 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Camerata Cornello, a municipality of 627 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Casal Cermelli, a municipality of 1,235 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Cimbergo, a municipality of 562 inhabitants in the province of Brescia, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Coniolo, a municipality of 451 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Erve, a municipality of 764 inhabitants in the province of Lecco, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Frassinoro, a municipality of 1,997 inhabitants in the province of Modena, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Gaiola, a municipality of 600 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Giungano, a municipality of 1,249 inhabitants in the province of Salerno, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Grana, a municipality of 622 inhabitants in the province of Asti, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Guazzora, a municipality of 313 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August the Isole Tremiti, a municipality of 455 inhabitants in the province of Foggia, celebrate their patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Locatello, a municipality of 819 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Lula, a municipality of 1,495 inhabitants in the province of Nuoro, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Massiola, a municipality of 137 inhabitants in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Moimacco, a municipality of 1,648 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Montecrestese, a municipality of 1,255 inhabitants in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Montegioco, a municipality of 326 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Mura, a municipality of 790 inhabitants in the province of Brescia, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Oneta, a municipality of 652 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Onore, a municipality of 846 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Pragelato, a municipality of 724 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Prarolo, a municipality of 672 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Ranzanico, a municipality of 1,261 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Resia, a municipality of 1,091 inhabitants in the province of Udine, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Ripalta Arpina, a municipality of 1,055 inhabitants in the province of Cremona, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Rossa, a municipality of 194 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Rota Greca, a municipality of 1,178 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Rovasenda, a municipality of 979 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Scopello, a municipality of 402 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary), with women in costume walking alongside the statue of the Madonna.
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On 15 August Solto Collina, a municipality of 1,735 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Taceno, a municipality of 541 inhabitants in the province of Lecco, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Telve, a municipality of 1,995 inhabitants in the province of Trento, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Tonco, a municipality of 899 inhabitants in the province of Asti, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Torre Bormida, a municipality of 211 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Tramonti di Sotto, a municipality of 410 inhabitants in the province of Pordenone, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Treiso, a municipality of 820 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Valgoglio, a municipality of 607 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Vigolo, a municipality of 607 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Villa Basilica, a municipality of 1,700 inhabitants in the province of Lucca, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Vilminore di Scalve, a municipality of 1,491 inhabitants in the province of Bergamo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Vinzaglio, a municipality of 588 inhabitants in the province of Novara, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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In the week of Ferragosto (15 August) Roccabruna, a municipality of 1,589 inhabitants in the province of Cuneo, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta.
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On 15 August Sorgono, a municipality of 1,753 inhabitants in the province of Nuoro, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria Assunta.
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On 15 and 16 August Viverone, a municipality of 1,423 inhabitants in the province of Biella, celebrates its patrons Santa Maria Assunta (Assumption of Mary) and San Rocco.
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On 15 August Casalnuovo Monterotaro, a municipality of 1,663 inhabitants in the province of Foggia, celebrates its patroness Santa Maria della Rocca with a procession.
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On 15 August Bard celebrates its patron, Saint Mary of the Assumption, in the church dedicated to her: the feast of a village of one hundred and twenty-five people below the fort.
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On 15 August Issogne celebrates its patron, Saint Mary of the Assumption, in the parish church dedicated to her.
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On 15 August Caraglio celebrates Santa Maria Assunta, patron of the parish church, in the town that made a trade of silk, with its Filatoio Rosso.
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On 15 August Albano Vercellese, a municipality of 334 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli, celebrates the Assumption of Mary (Assunzione).
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On 15 August Ameno, a municipality of 874 inhabitants in the province of Novara, celebrates the Assumption of Mary (Assunzione di Maria).
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On 15 August Bregano, a municipality of 839 inhabitants in the province of Varese, celebrates the Assumption of Mary (Assunzione di Maria).
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On 15 August Malé, a municipality of 2,135 inhabitants in the province of Trento, celebrates the Assumption of Mary (Assunzione di Maria).
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On 15 August Marentino, a municipality of 1,383 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin, celebrates the Assumption of Mary (Assunzione di Maria).
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On 15 August Massazza, a municipality of 542 inhabitants in the province of Biella, celebrates the Assumption of Mary (Assunzione di Maria).
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On 15 August Meltina, a municipality of 1,648 inhabitants in the province of Bolzano, celebrates the Assumption of Mary (Assunzione di Maria).
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On 15 August Montescudaio, a municipality of 1,958 inhabitants in the province of Pisa, celebrates the Assumption of Mary (Assunzione di Maria).
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On 15 August Moso in Passiria, a municipality of 2,171 inhabitants in the province of Bolzano, celebrates the Assumption of Mary (Assunzione di Maria).
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On 15 August Quassolo, a municipality of 359 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin, celebrates the Assumption of Mary.
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On 15 August Romeno, a municipality of 1,374 inhabitants in the province of Trento, celebrates the Assumption of Mary.
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On 15 August Macugnaga, a municipality of 601 inhabitants in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, celebrates the Assumption of Mary into Heaven (Assunzione di Maria in Cielo).
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On 15 August Turano Lodigiano, a municipality of 1,538 inhabitants in the province of Lodi, celebrates the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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On 15 August Robella, a municipality of 504 inhabitants in the province of Asti, celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
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On 15 August Rocca Canavese, a municipality of 1,754 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin, celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, with the statue of the Virgin carried through the streets of the village.
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On 15 August Selva di Progno, a municipality of 934 inhabitants in the province of Verona, celebrates the Assumption of Mary with a three-day preparation and the afternoon procession.
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On 15 August Borore, a municipality of 2,190 inhabitants in the province of Nuoro, celebrates its patroness the Beata Vergine Assunta (Blessed Virgin of the Assumption).
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On 15 August Gadoni, a municipality of 886 inhabitants in the province of Nuoro, celebrates its patroness the Beata Vergine Assunta (Blessed Virgin of the Assumption).
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On 15 August Cimolais, a municipality of 421 inhabitants in the province of Pordenone, celebrates its patroness the Beata Vergine Maria Assunta (Blessed Virgin Mary of the Assumption).
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On 15 August Casalnoceto, a municipality of 1,015 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patroness the Madonna Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Callabiana, a municipality of 149 inhabitants in the province of Biella, celebrates its patroness the Madonna degli Angeli (Our Lady of the Angels).
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On 15 August Fiuminata, a municipality of 1,497 inhabitants in the province of Macerata, celebrates its patroness the Madonna dell'Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Pieve Torina, a municipality of 1,483 inhabitants in the province of Macerata, celebrates its patroness the Madonna dell'Assunta (Assumption of Mary).
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On 15 August Sefro, a municipality of 431 inhabitants in the province of Macerata, celebrates its patroness the Madonna dell'Assunta (Assumption of Mary), together with the Sagra della Trota.
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On 15 August Castel Boglione, a municipality of 614 inhabitants in the province of Asti, celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary with the Fiera dell'Assunta (Assumption fair).
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The patron of Piazza Armerina is celebrated on 15 August and 3 May. The Palio dei Normanni is bound to her cult, and gives the town half of its nickname.
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Carrè celebrates Maria SS. Assunta on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
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Medole celebrates Maria SS. Assunta on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
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Primiero San Martino di Castrozza celebrates Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, among the peaks of the Pale di San Martino.
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Rapolano Terme celebrates Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August.
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Castel d'Ario celebrates Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August. The town was the birthplace of legendary racing driver Tazio Nuvolari, honoured with a monument, a square and his birth house.
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Montereale Valcellina celebrates Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
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Villa di Briano celebrates Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, in the parish dedicated to her. Participants arrive in town on colourful festive floats rich with sacred iconography, dancing and singing to famous folk songs.
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Morlupo celebrates Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August.
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Carbonera celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
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Campo Tures celebrates Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
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Oppido Mamertina celebrates Mary Most Holy Annunciated a second time on 15 August, after the first feast on 25 March.
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Malles Venosta celebrates Mary Most Holy Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
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Manerba del Garda celebrates Mary Most Holy Assumed into Heaven on 15 August.
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Castiglione d'Adda celebrates Mary Most Holy Assumed into Heaven on 15 August.
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Etroubles celebrates Mary Most Holy Assumed on 15 August; its 1815 parish church stands on the promontory where the old tower once belonging to the «de La Tour» family formerly stood, its stones reused to build the church.
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Villapiana celebrates Mary Most Holy of the Plain on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her. The town's other patron, Saint Francis of Paola, is celebrated on 2 April.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, in Caldana
In Caldana, Mary of Nazareth is celebrated on 15 August. The same patron is also celebrated at Cocquio, on 2 February; at Sant'Andrea, Saint Andrew is celebrated instead, on 30 November.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; the September Fair since 1889
Decollatura celebrates Mary of the Assumption on 15 August. On 20 and 21 September, the Fiera del XX Settembre is held, established in 1889 and once of great regional renown for livestock trading.
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Arnasco celebrates Our Lady Assumed into Heaven on 15 August; the church dedicated to her, reworked in Baroque forms in the 16th century, holds a marble tabernacle by Gaggini, dated 1536, at the Renaissance high altar.
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Strongoli celebrates Our Lady of Grace on 15 August. The town also venerates the Madonna di Vergadoro, protector of sailors, fields and farmers, celebrated in May, on the Sunday of the Ascension, with a night vigil called «la nottata».
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Bobbio celebrates Our Lady of Help, Our Lady of the Assumption and Saint Anthony Gianelli on 15 August.
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Alviano celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August and Saint Francis of Assisi on 4 October; the church dedicated to her, renewed in the 16th century by Bartolomeo d'Alviano, holds a panel by Niccolò Alunno from 1484.
📅 Every year, on 15 August for Our Lady of the Assumption; co-patron Saint Martin on 11 November
Campodarsego celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her; the co-patron is Saint Martin, celebrated on 11 November.
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Canegrate celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption and Saint Roch on 15 and 16 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 and 16 August, with the Palio dell'Assunta
Fermo celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption and Saint Sabinus of Spoleto on 15 and 16 August; the town's most important feast is that of Mary Assumed into Heaven, marked by the Palio dell'Assunta and the modern-era Cavalcata held since 1982.
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Masone celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; its parish church, opened for worship in 1927, is the third largest in the diocese of Acqui and holds the diocese's first bell concert.
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Capoliveri celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August. 14 July, meanwhile, is the day of the Festa dell'Innamorata, tied to an old legend rediscovered in the 18th century.
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Monghidoro celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her, with a gastronomic fair at Ferragosto near Triton's Park.
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Bastiglia celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
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Sarnano celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August. On the second Sunday of August, the Palio del Serafino is held, with the town's four districts competing and a historical procession.
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Paderno d'Adda celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; the Rice Festival on the third weekend of September
Grumolo delle Abbadesse celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her. The third weekend of September brings the Rice Festival, which reached its 37th edition in 2024.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; the Wine and Strawberry Festival since the 1930s
Faedis celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her. The Wine and Strawberry Festival, the most traditional in the area, has been held since the 1930s.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; the Wine Fair, among Italy's oldest
Buttrio celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her. The town is known for the Regional Wine Fair, one of Italy's oldest wine events.
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Mezzago celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; the Watermelon Festival in July, Borgoantico in September
Villa Lagarina celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption, its patron, on 15 August. In July, the Watermelon Festival is held, and in mid-September, the Borgoantico festival.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; Our Lady of the Snow, patron of another church, is celebrated on the first Sunday of August
Cislago celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the parish church dedicated to her. The feast of Our Lady of the Snow, patron of the church of the same name, is instead celebrated on the first Sunday of August, with guided tours by the Pro Loco.
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Savignano sul Panaro celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
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Monte Santa Maria Tiberina celebrates the Assumption on 15 August; the town was an imperial fief of the Bourbon del Monte marquises from the 11th century, ruled by an elective monarchy until 1803, as a free zone between Tuscany and the Papal States.
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Pignone celebrates the Assumption on 15 August, in the pieve that gives the town its oldest documentary evidence, after the year 1000; a 1149 bull of Pope Eugene III extensively describes the settlement, perhaps already present in Roman times as a pagus.
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Avio celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
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Berbenno di Valtellina celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the Church of the Beata Vergine Assunta.
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Civezzano celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
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Cles celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
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Fiè allo Sciliar celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Guanzate celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Bagno di Romagna celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Clusone celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the basilica dedicated to her; the co-patron, Saint John the Baptist, is celebrated on 24 June.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Nicotera celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the co-cathedral dedicated to her; the other patron, Saint Joseph, is celebrated on 19 March.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; at Easter the S'Incontru rite, reintroduced in 1997
Domusnovas celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; the other patron, Saint Ignatius of Laconi, is celebrated on 11 May. At Easter, S'Incontru is performed, the rite of the meeting between the Risen Christ and the Madonna, reintroduced by the Confraternity in 1997.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, with a patronal fair, celebrations and palio
Calcinate celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her, with the patronal fair, celebrations and palio.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, with the village feast during Ferragosto week
Solesino celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her. Every year, during the Ferragosto week, the village feast is celebrated; between July and August, the annual beer festival is also held.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; the first weekend of September brings the Festa d'la chisöla
Borgonovo Val Tidone celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August. The first weekend of September brings the Festa d'la chisöla, dedicated to the traditional pork-crackling focaccia, recognised with the municipal De.Co. label.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; autumn brings the Goose Palio, inspired by the 15-16 August games
Lacchiarella celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the provostry church dedicated to her. The town, known since ancient times for goose farming, hosts the Goose Palio in autumn, a contest among seven districts inspired by the traditional games of 15 and 16 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; 5 December brings the Krampus run on «devil's day»
Silandro celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her. On 5 December, «devil's day», up to a hundred participants dressed as Krampus run through the town's streets.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; in November mountain fair and thanksgiving day on Mount Mottarone
Armeno celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; in November the mountain fair and thanksgiving day are held, together with the traditional hoteliers' gathering, while woodworking artisans celebrate Saint Joseph in March and construction workers honour Saint Julius on 31 January.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Premosello-Chiovenda celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Ala celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; the other patron, Saint Valentine, is celebrated on 14 February.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Borgo Vercelli celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Cureggio celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Casandrino celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 14 and 15 August; 26 July honours Saint Anne, and the Sunday after Easter the Madonna dei Miracoli
Trepuzzi celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 14 and 15 August, in the church dedicated to her. 26 July brings the feast of Saint Anne, the first Sunday after Easter the fair of the Madonna dei Miracoli, and the fourth Sunday of October the fair of Saint Raphael the Archangel.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Bonate Sopra celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Sovizzo celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; in 1889 a dispute over Saint John's feast led residents to the evangelical church of Intra
Mergozzo celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; in June 1889, when the parish provost refused to go up to the village to celebrate the feast of Saint John, patron of the stonecutters, the residents turned to the pastor of the evangelical church of Intra.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Brembate di Sopra celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Sandrigo celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; the other patrons, Saints Philip and James, are celebrated on 3 May. In September the Salt Cod Festival is held, with the Cod Brotherhood and the twinning with the Norwegian island of Røst.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Vigonovo celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her. Villa Sagredo stands in Vigonovo, between Padua and Venice, in the countryside of the Riviera del Brenta.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Carmignano di Brenta celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; since 1977 the Palio of the 10 Towns reenacts the Middle Ages
Montagnana celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the cathedral dedicated to her. Since 1977, reviving a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, the Palio of the 10 Towns of the Montagnana area has been run every year in the moat of the Rocca degli Alberi, with costumed reenactment of medieval and Renaissance figures.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Sarentino celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Roseto degli Abruzzi celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; the town has hosted the Roseto opera prima film festival since 1996 and the Soundlabs Festival, dedicated to rock and pop music, since 1997.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; Saint Andrew, co-patron, is celebrated on 30 November
Riva del Garda celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August and Saint Andrew, co-patron, on 30 November; along the lakefront stand the Torre Apponale, overlooking the harbour, and the 14th-century Rocca, today home to the Alto Garda Museum.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Mogliano Veneto celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the parish church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Loro Ciuffenna celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; November brings the Saint Martin Fair, June the Vespaiolona
Breganze celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August. In June the Vespaiolona is held, dedicated to the local Vespaiolo wine, and in November the traditional Saint Martin Fair.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Caldaro sulla strada del vino celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Torviscosa celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, on the slopes of Vesuvius
Massa di Somma celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Castelbianco celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; the town's name derives from an old defensive outpost visually connected to the castle of Alto, in Piedmont.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Lugnano in Teverina celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; its Romanesque collegiate church, built between the 11th and 12th centuries over an earlier 9th-century structure, holds fine Cosmatesque mosaics and once gathered the whole town's population.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; the town was a fief of the marquises of Clavesana and later the marquisal seat of the Del Carretto, who settled there after the marriage of Enrico Del Carretto and Caterina Clavesana.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Tiglieto celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; the town grew up around the abbey of Santa Maria alla Croce, built by Cistercian monks in 1120 and among the first religious buildings raised in Liguria and Italy.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Triora celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; her collegiate church holds the oldest signed and dated painting in the province of Imperia, a work by Taddeo di Bartolo from 1397, while the town remains best known for the witchcraft trials of 1587-1589.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Roccella Valdemone celebrates on 15 August Our Lady of the Audience and Saint Nicholas of Bari; in the 14th-century cathedral, called «A Matrici», the patron saint is venerated, while the marble statue of the Madonna is attributed to Antonello Gagini.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; Saint Michael the Archangel, co-patron, is celebrated on 8 May
Sarno celebrates Our Lady of the Three Crowns on 15 August, in the 17th-century sanctuary dedicated to her; the town's co-patron is Saint Michael the Archangel, on 8 May, venerated in the co-cathedral in the hamlet of Episcopio.
📅 Every year, in the second half of August; the Pentecost Panarda marsicana has been documented since 1479
Luco dei Marsi celebrates Saint Boniface IV in the second half of August. On Pentecost Sunday, the rite of the «Panarda marsicana» is renewed: the feast of the Holy Spirit has been documented since 1479.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Sori celebrates Saint Gotthard on 15 August; the parish church of Santa Margherita, in the main town, was built in the early 18th century to a design by Antonio Maria Ricca.
📅 Every year, on 15 and 16 August
On 15 and 16 August Novara di Sicilia celebrates Maria Santissima Assunta and Saint Hugh the abbot, who in 1171 founded here the island's first Cistercian abbey.
📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of August; the «La Rocca dei Catari» re-enactment is held nearly every June
Roccavione celebrates Saint Magnus on the third Sunday of August; almost every year, in June, the historical re-enactment «La Rocca dei Catari» is held, in which the town revives the medieval age of the heresy. The second Sunday of October brings the Castagnata, or Chestnut Festival.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Brogliano celebrates Saint Martin of Tours on 15 August, in the church dedicated to him.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Cartura celebrates Saint Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Gorla Maggiore celebrates Saint Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Costa Masnaga celebrates Saint Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Paratico celebrates Saint Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; the fera dle caplin-e is held the third Thursday of May
Pinasca celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August; the third Thursday of May brings the «fera dle caplin-e di Pinasca», and the third Monday of November the autumn fair of Dubbione.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Coazze celebrates the Assumption of Mary into Heaven on 15 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Saccolongo celebrates Saint Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Vigliano Biellese celebrates Saint Mary Assumed into Heaven on 15 August, with the church dedicated to her; in late September, instead, the feast of Saint Michael closes the town's main street to traffic, reviving an old tradition of stalls and street artists.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Mazzè celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August; the municipal territory also holds the Menhir di Mazzè, prehistoric evidence of the area.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Sandigliano celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
On 15 August Bussoleno celebrates Saint Mary of the Assumption in the parish church dedicated to her, which holds an Annunciation, a Madonna and Child, and a 14th-century wooden crucifix.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, the town's most important feast; Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December
Santa Maria a Vico celebrates Saint Mary of the Assumption on 15 August, with a float parading through the town's streets: it is the most important among the many neighbourhood feasts that liven up the summer season. The town's patron, Saint Nicholas of Bari, is instead celebrated on 6 December.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, a moment of family unity deeply felt by the Procidan settlers
Monte di Procida celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August: it is the most important celebration of the year, a feast particularly felt and lived as the moment of family reunion. Around the mid-17th century, settlers from Procida built the first chapel, which would later become the Church of the Madonna Assunta.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; the Fat Ox Fair, since 1910, is held the second Thursday before Christmas
Carrù celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August; the historic Fat Ox Fair, first held in 1910, takes place every year on the second Thursday before Christmas and draws thousands of visitors, while in September the Grape Festival is held.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Bricherasio celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Grignasco celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Muscoline celebrates Saint Mary on 15 August, amid the mountains surrounding the town.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Ionadi celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 15 August, shortly after the feast of the Madonna del Rosario on 12 August.
📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of August
Roccasecca celebrates Saint Peter Martyr on the third Sunday of August. The town was the birthplace, between 1224 and 1225, of Thomas Aquinas, the «Doctor Angelicus», among the most influential philosophers and theologians in Western history, canonised in 1323 and declared patron of universities in 1880.
📅 Every year, from 15 to 18 August
From 15 to 18 August Pisticci celebrates Saint Roch: in 1656 the town was spared from the plague, and many saw the saint above its highest point, blessing it.
📅 Every year, on 15 and 16 August for Saint Stephen; Our Lady of Loreto is celebrated on 10 December
Trinitapoli celebrates Saint Stephen Protomartyr on 15 and 16 August, as well as on his liturgical feast of 26 December, and Our Lady of Loreto on 10 December.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; also celebrated on the third Sunday of November
Maiori celebrates Santa Maria a Mare on 15 August, in the collegiate church dedicated to her; the same patron is also celebrated on the third Sunday of November.
📅 Every year, around mid-August, in Spinimbecco, with the Bean Gnocchi Feast
In the hamlet of Spinimbecco, Santa Maria Assunta and Saint Roch are celebrated around mid-August, with the Festa del fagiolo gnocco, a display of local products and a parade.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
On 15 August Cossato celebrates Santa Maria Assunta in the parish church raised before the year 1000, and since 2014 has had its own sweet for the occasion.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, with the procession of Saint Urban on the second Sunday after Pentecost
Marlengo celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August. On the second Sunday after Pentecost, the statue of Pope Saint Urban I, patron of winemakers, is carried through the town's streets and vineyards.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Golasecca celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August. In the Chapel of San Rocco, the saint's 14th-century wooden statue is carried in procession in memory of an 1817 vow.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, preceded on the evening of the 14th by the Essida de sos Candhaleris
Nulvi celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, after the candelieri procession of the evening of the 14th, the Essida de sos Candhaleris.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, with the Fiera delle Anime on the third Sunday of October
Arsiè celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August. The third Sunday of October brings the Fiera delle Anime, officially recognized by a papal bull of Alexander VII in 1666.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Giovo celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August. The last weekend of September, in Verla, comes the Festa dell'Uva (grape festival), closing with a parade of allegorical floats.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, amid a festival calendar that opens with the Mamuthones' Carnival
Mamoiada celebrates the Blessed Virgin of the Assumption on 15 August. The town is renowned for its historic Carnival and the masks of the Mamuthones and Issohadores.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; the Palio delle Contrade with donkeys since 1965
Allumiere celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August. The following Sunday, the Palio delle Contrade is raced, held since 1965 with donkeys in place of horses.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, with the dressing of the sleeping Virgin on the 13th
Guasila celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August. On the afternoon of Ferragosto, the Palio di Santa Maria is run, also known as the Palio dei comuni.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Cavedine celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August. In the hamlet of Brusino, Mariano Dallapè, founder of the eponymous company, was born in 1846.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Porto Valtravaglia celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 and 16 August; on 13 June the 18th-century wooden statue of Saint Anthony is carried in procession
Corleto Perticara celebrates the Assumption of Mary and Saint Roch on 15 and 16 August; every 13 June, the 18th-century wooden statue of Saint Anthony is solemnly carried in procession.
📅 Every year, on 15 and 16 August, with the historical reenactment of the Macia
Spilimbergo celebrates its patrons, the Assumption of Mary into heaven and Saint Roch, on 15 and 16 August, with the historical reenactment of the Macia, a town feast held for the patron saint.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Medolago celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, with the night-time Palio dell'Assunta
Garda celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, the patronal feast marked by the Palio dell'Assunta, a night race among eight boats representing the town's eight historic districts.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Monteviale celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August. Shortly after Easter comes instead the historic Sagra dell'Ottava, with music and good food.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Villaspeciosa celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the parish church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; Saint Gregory the Great, the other patron, is celebrated in March
Valdobbiadene celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August; the other patron, Saint Gregory the Great, is celebrated in March with the Ancient Fair.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Albuzzano celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Mezzane di Sotto celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Santa Maria la Longa celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Sangano celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Cologno al Serio celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her. In 1452, Francesco Sforza Visconti made his knight Sagramoro II Visconti castellan of the Rocca of Cologno al Serio.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; around 8 September the winged ants of the Monte delle Formiche
Pianoro celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August; around 8 September, the day of another Marian feast, swarms of winged ants reach the top of the Monte delle Formiche and die there, a phenomenon that gives the mountain its name.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; late May brings the international indigenous festival Lo Spirito del Pianeta
Chiuduno celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her. At the end of May, Lo Spirito del Pianeta is held, an international indigenous festival with conferences, music and dance.
📅 Every year, on 15 August in the main town; the hamlets have their own patrons (Bosco, Sarmeola, Villaguattera)
Rubano celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August in the main town; the other hamlets have their own patrons: Saint Mary and Saint Theobald in Bosco, Saint Fidentius in Sarmeola and Saint Prosdocimus in Villaguattera.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; the Montanaro Carnival lasts about ten days with the Ciaplera and the General
Montanaro celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August; the Montanaro Carnival, deeply felt by the community, lasts about ten days with the typical masks of the Ciaplera, a young woman, and the General, a town gentleman, as well as the classic float parade.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, with the Donkey Palio at Spedalino each September
Agliana celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August; every year in September, as part of the same patronal feast, the Palio dei Ciuchi is run at Spedalino, with five districts competing on donkeyback.
📅 Every year, on 15 August, with the Colmelli Tournament among the neighbourhoods
Zero Branco celebrates the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her. The town's ancient colmelli districts are still recalled today in the characteristic Colmelli Tournament, pitting the inhabitants of the various neighbourhoods against each other.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Borgo Ticino celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Volvera celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on 15 August in its patronal church, built between 1598 and 1618 and fitted with a Baroque bell tower; on 4 October 1693 the town was burned and plundered after the battle of Marsaglia.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Bargagli celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on 15 August; the pieve dedicated to her dates from 916, the year of its consecration, and is among the oldest in all of Liguria, although completely transformed during the 17th century.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Bibbiano celebrates the Blessed Virgin of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; Saint Lussorio is celebrated in the last ten days of August
Selargius celebrates the Blessed Virgin of the Assumption on 15 August, in the church dedicated to her; the feast of Saint Lussorio, deeply felt in the town, is instead held in the last ten days of August.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; Saint Januarius on 19 September
In Ercolano the patronal feast falls on 15 August, the day of the Assumption, for the Madonna di Pugliano. Saint Januarius, the other patron, has his date on 19 September.
📅 Every year, on 15 August; the patron Saint Dominic de Guzmán is celebrated on 8 August
Martano celebrates the co-protector, the Most Holy Mary of the Assumption, on 15 August, in the mother church dedicated to her; the patron, Saint Dominic de Guzmán, is instead celebrated on 8 August.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Pachino celebrates the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on 15 August; the mother church of the Holy Crucifix, from 1790, was commissioned by Marquis Vincenzo Starrabba, whose family founded the town after obtaining a royal grant in 1758.
📅 Every year, in mid-August, over three days
Three days in mid-August for the feast of San Bernardo, together with the fried bread festival: over fifty years of history.