🔔 The Italian Almanac

August 26

Stories and curiosities for August 26, from the Italy of a thousand bell towers.

No story for this day yet: here are the towns celebrating and the village of the day.

🎉 Celebrations today in… 26

26 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on August 26

Sant'Alessandro di Bergamo 2

Patron saint festival In 350 days 📍 Bergamo

Feast of Saint Alexander

📅 Every year, on 26 August

On 26 August Bergamo celebrates Saint Alexander. The church where he was buried was pulled down in 1561 by the Venetians to make room for the walls: the dedication then passed to the cathedral in the upper town.