Patron saint festival In 315 days
Saint Hermes, patron of the town that shipped out the Apuan marble
📅 Every year, on 28 August, with a propitiatory bonfire lit the evening of the 27th
Forte dei Marmi celebrates Saint Hermes the Martyr on 28 August, with a propitiatory bonfire lit in Piazza Garibaldi the night before; the town was born to carry to the sea, along its famous pier, the marble blocks from the Apuan quarries granted to the Medici in 1515.
