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📅 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.
📅 Christmas season, approximate dates
The nativity staged in the most evocative natural crib on Earth.
📅 Every year, on 2 July
On 2 July Matera builds a triumphal papier-mâché float and, at the end of the day, lets the crowd tear it apart. It has done so since 1389, and the following year the float is built again from scratch.
