🔔 The Italian Almanac

July 25

Stories and curiosities for July 25, 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… 96

96 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on July 25

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Patron saint festival In 318 days 📍 Bellagio

Feast of Saint James

📅 Every year, on 25 July

On 25 July Bellagio celebrates Saint James, the patron who gives his name to the Romanesque basilica at the top of the village, above the point where Lake Como splits in two.

Festival 📍 Marsala

'A Scurata - Cunti e canti al calar del sole

📅 Every summer, with shows at sunset

Theatre, jazz and songwriters performing as the sun drops over the Stagnone lagoon: born among Marsala's salt pans, the festival reached its ninth edition in 2026 with 21 dates between Villa Genna, the Trapani area and dawn shows on the Egadi islands.