🔔 The Italian Almanac

October 10

Stories and curiosities for October 10, 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… 3

3 towns with a guide celebrate their patron saint on October 10

Patron saint festival In 30 days 📍 Craco

Feast of Saint Nicholas

📅 Every year, on the second Saturday of October

On the second Saturday of October Craco celebrates Saint Nicholas. It is the feast of a town whose old centre has stood empty since the 1960s, emptied by a landslide and left a ghost town.

Festival 📍 Palermo

Le Vie dei Tesori

📅 Every year, on weekends between October and November

For six weekends between October and November, Palermo unlocks palaces, oratories, bell towers and gardens that stay closed the rest of the year. The 19th edition, in 2025, opened 85 sites with guided storytelling visits.