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📅 Every year in mid-July, with the main night between the 14th and 15th
Palermo has honoured its patron saint every July since 1624. On the night of the 14th a towering float carries Saint Rosalia's statue down the Cassaro to the sea, where fireworks close the festival; the 2026 edition was the 402nd.
📅 Every year, on 16 July
On 16 July Millesimo celebrates the Madonna del Carmine; the town, walled by the Del Carretto marquises, was the scene in 1796 of the Battle of Cosseria, opened by Napoleon Bonaparte.
📅 Every year, on 22 July
On 22 July Tuoro sul Trasimeno celebrates Saint Mary Magdalene in the church dedicated to her, which holds a fresco by the futurist painter Gerardo Dottori, painted in 1949.
📅 Every year, on 22 July
On 22 July Campo Ligure celebrates Saint Mary Magdalene; the church dedicated to her stands on the road to Genoa, while the town's large parish church is dedicated to the Nativity of Mary.
📅 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.
📅 Every year, on 25 July
On 25 July Tovo San Giacomo celebrates Saint James the Greater with its procession; the town also keeps the tower-clock museum dedicated to the Bergallo family.
📅 Every year, on 27 July
On 27 July Valpelline celebrates Saint Pantaleon; beside the parish church dedicated to him stand the medieval fortified house La Tour de Valpelline and the Tornalla, with its spiral-staircase tower.
📅 Every year, on 1 and 2 July
On 1 and 2 July Corvara, a municipality of 278 inhabitants in the province of Pescara, celebrates its patroness the Madonna delle Grazie.
📅 Every year, on 1 July at San Marziale; the relic of the Holy Nail is carried in procession every year
Colle di Val d'Elsa celebrates Saint Martial and Alberto da Chiatina on 1 July, with the patronal feast held at San Marziale, in the hamlet of Gracciano dell'Elsa; the town also holds, according to tradition, one of the nails of Christ's crucifixion, carried in solemn procession every year.
📅 Every year, from 1 to 3 July, with the patron celebrated on the 3rd after two days dedicated to the Madonna delle Grazie
Vastogirardi celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 3 July, after two days dedicated to the Madonna delle Grazie; the locality once hosted a 3rd-2nd century BC Italic temple, whose walls were reused in the Middle Ages to build a small church.
📅 Every year, on 1 July
Badia Polesine celebrates Saint Theobald on 1 July.
📅 Every year, on 1 and 2 July, since 1644 in memory of a spared Turkish raid
Rocca Imperiale celebrates the Madonna della Nova on 1 and 2 July. The solemnity became patronal right after a large Turkish fleet, which appeared on 29 June 1644, withdrew without striking the town.
On 2 July, the year's first race: ninety seconds worth a year of waiting.
📍 Siena →On the third weekend, the boat bridge to the Giudecca and fireworks over the basin.
📍 Venezia →The town's districts compete on horseback in Piazza Garibaldi, amid ladies and flag-wavers.
📍 Sulmona →On 24-25 July the majolica staircase is lit with thousands of oil lamps in patterns.
📍 Caltagirone →Ten days when the Umbrian acropolis becomes a world jazz capital.
📍 Perugia →
