In 250 days Patron saint festival
24 June 2027
Thursday 24 June
Gressoney-Saint-Jean · Aosta · Aosta Valley
On 24 June Gressoney-Saint-Jean celebrates the saint it is named after. The Walser village also has a custom all its own: on the evening of 31 December the young people go round the houses singing the Neujahrslied.
The patron of Gressoney-Saint-Jean is the saint it is named after, Saint John the Baptist, celebrated on 24 June in the church dedicated to him.
The Walser village's calendar holds other dates: the Bierfest in June and the Walser Nacht in mid-August. And a winter custom from long ago: on the evening of 31 December the young people go from house to house through the hamlets singing the Neujahrslied, the New Year's song, in German.
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The fairy-tale castle queen Margherita had built facing Monte Rosa.
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