In 319 days Patron saint festival
1 September 2027
Wednesday 1 September
Verrès · Aosta · Aosta Valley
On 1 September Verrès celebrates Saint Giles, Saint Gilles to the Valdostans. In February the village holds its other feast: the historical carnival that recalls Caterina di Challant.
The patron of Verrès is Saint Giles, Saint Gilles, celebrated on 1 September.
The festival the village is known for falls in winter, though: in February comes the historical carnival, which re-enacts the story of Caterina di Challant and Pierre Sarriod d'Introd. In summer, on the first Sunday of each month from May to September, the centre fills with the Petit marché des brocanteurs, the antiques market.
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Places to see before or after the feast. All 2 places in Verrès →
Ibleto di Challant's thirty-metre cube, where Caterina danced in the square in 1449 to win the town over.
The priory that ran parishes from Aosta into Piedmont, with its Gothic three-light window above Verrès.
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