Patron saint festival 📍 Cavasso Nuovo
Feast of San Remigio
📅 Every year, on 1 October
On 1 October Cavasso Nuovo, a municipality of 1,606 inhabitants in the province of Pordenone, celebrates its patron San Remigio (Saint Remigius).
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Days with a story are highlighted; on the others you still find the towns celebrating and the village of the day.
1 Ottobrata: in Rome the word for fine October weather began as a cart ride to the vineyards Saying of the day 2 Slow Food was born in Bra: from a street in the Roero hills to more than 160 countries It started here 3 Ferdinandea, the island that rose off Sciacca in 1831: three flags, seven names, five months of life Vanished Italy 4 The saint of Assisi was christened Giovanni: Francesco was his father's choice, and the name went round the world Words born here 5 October 5, 1582 never happened: the calendar was worked out by a physician from Cirò Vanished Italy 6 Italy's lowest point is not in a cave: it lies in Jolanda di Savoia, 3.44 metres below the sea Impossible geography 7 Lepanto, 7 October 1571: the Holy League's fleet had sailed from Messina Italian records 8 The Chianti Black Rooster: a border between Firenze and Siena settled by a cockerel kept hungry Bell-tower rivalries 9 Vajont, 9 October 1963: the dam held, Longarone did not Vanished Italy 10 Le Roncole took the surname of the innkeeper's son It started here 11 Europe's highest summit has two maps: Rome draws the border across the top of Mont Blanc, Paris puts the whole peak in France Impossible geography 12 Columbus makes landfall on 12 October 1492; on his birthplace Genoa has the papers, Cogoleto the house in via Rati, and the queue of claimants is long Bell-tower rivalries 13 Pinocchio was not written in Collodi: the village gave its name to a Florentine Busted myths 14 Parma and Reggio share the name, but Bibbiano claims the cradle of Parmigiano Reggiano Bell-tower rivalries 15 The first ever 15 October was decreed in a villa in the hills outside Rome Italian records 16 Ciao means slave: the world's most Italian greeting began in Venice as a bow Words born here 17 Italy's third-largest lake is now a chequerboard of fields: the Fucino, by Avezzano Vanished Italy 18 The tiles on Brunelleschi's dome came from Impruneta, which holds its San Luca fair on 18 October Italian records 19 Alessandria, the Italian city named after a pope Place names 20 Civita di Bagnoregio, ten residents and a footbridge to get in Vanished Italy 21 The Tiber rises in Romagna by decree: the border moved on Monte Fumaiolo in 1923 Impossible geography 22 Pisa does not have one leaning tower but three, and the most tilted is not the famous one Busted myths 23 Monteviasco, a thousand steps and a cable car idle from 2018 to 2025 Impossible geography 24 Pompei did not die on 24 August: the clues moving the eruption to 24 October 79 Busted myths 25 Vicenza's Teatro Olimpico, the oldest permanent indoor theatre of the modern age, still plays in front of its 1585 stage set Italian records 26 Aquileia was the fourth city of Italy in AD 395; today it has 3,097 residents and the largest early Christian mosaic in the West Vanished Italy 27 Alba has the oldest fair, Acqualagna Italy's second truffle market: the white truffle dispute Bell-tower rivalries 28 Latina used to be Littoria: founded in 1932 on drained marshland, renamed in 1945 Place names 29 Conradin of Swabia, beheaded at sixteen in Napoli's Piazza del Mercato Vanished Italy 30 Vino novello is uncorked on 30 October, and Bardolino celebrates it in November On the table today 31 Frutta di Martorana: in Palermo, the dead bring children almond-paste fruit that fools the eye On the table today
🎉 Festivals in October
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Patron saint festival 📍 Villadeati
Feast of San Remigio
📅 Every year, on 1 October
On 1 October Villadeati, a municipality of 523 inhabitants in the province of Alessandria, celebrates its patron San Remigio (Saint Remigius).
Patron saint festival 📍 Druento
Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
📅 Every year, on 2 October
On 2 October Druento celebrates its patron Our Lady of the Rosary; for several days the feast fills Piazza Oropa with a small funfair.
Patron saint festival 📍 Surbo
Feast of Saint Orontius
📅 Every year, on 2 October
On 2 October Surbo celebrates its patron Saint Orontius, bishop and martyr; the village also preserves the Torre dei Cavallari.
Patron saint festival 📍 Fondachelli-Fantina
Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels
📅 Every year, on 2 October
On 2 October the hamlet of Fondachelli celebrates the Holy Guardian Angels, also remembered on the second Sunday of July with a pilgrimage to the chapel on Monte Tre Fontane.
Patron saint festival 📍 Priolo Gargallo
Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels
📅 Every year, on 2 October
On 2 October Priolo Gargallo celebrates the Holy Guardian Angels; the annual fair in honour of the patron was authorised as early as 1849.
Patron saint festival 📍 Villa Castelli
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of the Fountain
📅 Every year, on 2 and 3 October
On 2 October Villa Castelli celebrates its patrons, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Our Lady of the Fountain, with a concert usually added on the evening of the 3rd; the day before, the traditional livestock fair is held in the Belvedere district.
Patron saint festival 📍 Fucecchio
Feast of Saint Candidus
📅 Every year, on 3 October
On 3 October Fucecchio celebrates its patron Saint Candidus; the town is also known for the Palio di Fucecchio, held among 14 districts on the second-to-last Sunday of May.
Patron saint festival 📍 Villanovaforru
Feast of Saint Francis
📅 Every year, on 3 and 4 October
On 3 and 4 October Villanovaforru venerates its patron Saint Francis, to whom the town's parish church is dedicated; residents are also devoted to Saint Marina of Orense, in whose honour elderly women grow basil blessed during her feast.
Patron saint festival 📍 Drapia
Feast of Saint Sergius the Martyr
📅 Every year, on the Saturday and first Sunday of October
Drapia celebrates its patron Saint Sergius the Martyr on the first Sunday of October and the preceding Saturday, together with Saint Michael; the town also preserves the Castello Galluppi.
Patron saint festival 📍 Roppolo
Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
📅 Every year, on the first Sunday of October
On the first Sunday of October Roppolo celebrates its patron Our Lady of the Rosary; the town also preserves the archaeological remains of the Roc della Regina and the Pera Pichera.
Patron saint festival 📍 Cisterna d'Asti
Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
📅 Every year, on 4 October
On 4 October Cisterna d'Asti celebrates its patron, Our Lady of the Rosary; the same month the village, dominated by its medieval castle, also hosts the Mercandè, a re-enactment of the coin-minting privilege granted in 1673.
This month in Italy
International White Truffle Fair
From October to December, the world's most expensive scent draws gourmets from every continent.
📍 Alba →Grape Festival
On the first Sunday, the fountains pour wine: Italy's oldest harvest festival (1925).
📍 Marino →Barcolana
On the second Sunday, thousands of sails fill the gulf: among the world's most crowded regattas.
📍 Trieste →Varola Chestnut Festival
The chestnuts of Mount Vulture take the stage beneath Frederick II's castle.
📍 Melfi →Eurochocolate
The city turns to chocolate: sculptures, tastings and pilgrims with a sweet tooth.
📍 Perugia →