In 1432 a Venetian ship commanded by Pietro Querini was wrecked at Røst, in the Lofoten islands, and came home with the dried cod that the north had been eating for centuries. Five and a half centuries later, in 1987, the Confraternity of the Bacalà was founded in Sandrigo itself, to defend the Vicenza recipe: since then the town has been considered the home of baccalà and devotes a two-week festival to it.
There is something else worth remembering, though. During the war twenty-eight Jewish refugees were interned at Sandrigo, twenty adults and eight youngsters. When the Germans arrived, on 10 September 1943, they all left together and headed south, towards the Allies. They made it: every one of them survived to the Liberation.
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📅 Every year, on 3 May; early April brings the Green Fair for botany enthusiasts
Sandrigo celebrates Saints Philip and James on 3 May; the patron, Our Lady of the Assumption, is celebrated on 15 August. In early April the Green Fair is held, drawing hundreds of botany enthusiasts.
📅 Every year, on 15 August
Sandrigo celebrates Our Lady of the Assumption on 15 August; the other patrons, Saints Philip and James, are celebrated on 3 May. In September the Salt Cod Festival is held, with the Cod Brotherhood and the twinning with the Norwegian island of Røst.
Stockfish, milk, oil and anchovies, cooked for hours over the lowest heat: baccalà alla vicentina arrived from Norway with a shipwreck in 1432.
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