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Tradictions and Events |
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DATE |
PLACE |
DESCRIPTION |
PHONE |
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January |
Tortorici (ME) |
Festival of laurel |
+39 0941 421966 |
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January |
Piana degli Albanesi (PA) |
Festival of "sfince" |
+39 091 8574144 |
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January |
Lentini (SR) |
Festival of oranges |
+39 095 900111 |
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first sunday of January |
S. Giovanni Gemini (AG) |
Festival of sweet things |
+39 0922 900314 |
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January 2 |
Troina (EN) |
Saint Silvestre |
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January 5 |
S.Elisabetta (AG) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0922 479280 |
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January 6 |
Piana degli Albanesi - Mezzojuso - |
Celebrations in order to Otrtodox rite |
+39 091 8574144 |
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January 6 |
S. Angelo Muxaro (AG) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0922 919506 |
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January 6 |
Mussomeli (CL) |
Epiphany |
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January 6 |
Bordonaro (ME) |
Epiphany |
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January 6 |
Baucina (PA) |
Festival of the oil |
+39 091 8202295 |
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January 17 |
Campofranco (CL) |
Sant'Antonio Abbate |
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January 17 |
Giarratana (RG) |
Sant'Antonio Abbate |
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January 18 |
Mistretta (ME) |
Saint Sebastian |
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January 18/20 |
Tortorici (ME) |
Saint Sebastian |
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January 19 |
Marsala (TP) |
Maria SS. della Cava |
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January 20 |
Acireale (CT) |
Feast of Saint Sebastian: the bust with the siant comes out of the Church and goes all around the city of Acireale. |
+39 095 604521 |
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January 25 |
Solarino (SR) |
Saint Paul |
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February |
Adrano (CT) |
Festival of oranges |
+39 095 7606111 |
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February |
Ventimiglia di Sicilia (PA) |
Festival of oil |
+39 091 8209314 |
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February - March |
Vicari (PA) |
Festival of mandorlo in fiore |
+39 091 8216061 |
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February 2 and 3 |
Militello Rosmarino (ME) |
Saint Biagio |
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February 3 |
Comiso (RG) |
Saint Biagio |
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February 3 |
Salemi (TP) |
Feast in the quarter of Rabato with preparation of typical bread |
+39 0924 991320 |
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First and second week of February |
Agrigento |
Festival of Mandorlo in Fiore and International Feast of Folclore |
+39 0922 401352 |
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First week of February (February 5) |
Catania |
Feast of S. Agate |
+39 095 7306211 |
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Week of Carnaval |
Acireale (CT) |
Carnaval and parade of cart |
+39 095 604521 |
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Sciacca (AG) |
Carnaval and parade of cart |
+39 0925 22744 |
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" |
Termini Imerese (PA) |
Carnaval and parade of cart |
+39 091 8128253 |
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" |
Ravanusa (AG) |
Festival of "totomè" (typical sweet) |
+39 0922 881546 |
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" |
Novara di Sicilia (ME) |
Festival of "maiorchino" |
+39 0941 650954 |
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" |
Chiaramonte Gulfi (RG) |
Festival of sausage |
+39 0932 711231 |
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" |
Palazzolo Acreide (SR) |
Festival of sausage and trout |
+39 0931 871286 |
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" |
Mezzojuso (PA) |
Mastro di Campo - pantomima |
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Palermo |
Procession of artists |
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" |
Francavilla (ME) |
Carnaval |
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" |
Belpasso (CT) |
Carnaval |
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" |
Corleone (PA) |
Carnaval |
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Taormina (ME) |
Carnaval |
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Carnaval Thursday |
Saponara (ME) |
Parade of Horse and the prince |
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February 19 |
Noto (SR) |
Saint Corrado |
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March - April |
Ramacca (CT) |
Festival of artichoke |
+39 095 7930122 |
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March - April |
Piana degli Albanesi (PA) |
Festival of "cannoli" |
+39 091 8574144 |
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March 9 |
Castronovo (PA) |
S. Basilio Vitale |
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March 18 |
Misilmeri (PA) |
Festival ofa "sfince" |
+39 091 8731987 |
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March 19 |
Scicli (RG) |
Walk of Saint Josepjh |
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March 19 |
Santa Croce Camerina (RG) |
"Cene" of Saint Joseph |
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March 19 |
Ribera (AG) |
Feast of S.Joseph |
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March 19 |
Canicattì (AG) |
Feast of S.Joseph |
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March 19 |
Sant'Angelo Muxaro (AG) |
Feast of S.Joseph |
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March 19 |
Salemi (TP) |
"I pani di Salemi": "cene" of S.Joseph and preparation of bread |
+39 0924 991320 |
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March 19 |
Salaparuta (TP) |
Festival of ricotta and cheese |
+39 0924 75300 |
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March |
Scicli (RG) |
Walk of S.Joseph |
+39 0932 931652 |
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March |
Niscemi (CL) |
Festival of artichoke |
+39 0933 881271 |
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March 25 |
Ficarra (ME) |
Faeast of Santa Maria Annunziata |
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The last wednesday of March |
San Marco D'Alunzio (ME) |
Feast of Crocifisso di Aracoeli - procession of "Babbaluti" |
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EASTER |
Pietraperzia (EN) |
Procession |
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EASTER |
Chiaramonte Gulfi (RG) |
Procession |
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EASTER |
Alcamo (TP) |
Procession of Dead Christ and Mary |
+39 0923 545511 |
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EASTER |
Caltanissetta |
Processione |
+39 0934 530411 |
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EASTER |
Castelvetrano (TP) |
Friday: procession and Feast of Aurora |
+39 0924 90 91 00 |
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EASTER |
Gangi (PA) |
Procession |
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EASTER |
Comiso (RG) |
In Paci - Sunday morning |
+39 0932 75 25 21 |
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EASTER Friday and Sunday |
Caltagirone (CT) |
Procession |
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EASTER |
Ispica (RG) |
Procession of Christ "alla Colonna |
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EASTER |
Monterosso Almo (RG) |
Procession |
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EASTER |
Enna |
Processions of the Brotherhoods |
+39 0935 24007 |
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EASTER Friday |
Erice (TP) |
Procession |
+39 0923 869388 |
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EASTER |
Marsala (TP) |
Procession |
+39 0923 714097 |
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EASTER |
Messina |
Procession of "Varette", with fourteen stations of Via Crucis |
+39 090 675356 |
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EASTER |
Milazzo (ME) |
Procession of Via Crucis with typical customs |
+39 090 9222865 |
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EASTER |
Modica (RG) |
"A Maronna Vasa Vasa" |
+39 0932 752747 |
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EASTER |
Piana degli Albanesi (PA) |
During the week of Easter the citizen have typical customs with gold and silver. On Friday there is the Chorus of "Siemon Kremate" and then the procession of Enkomia. On Sunday you can see many white and free doves and tuft of rosemary and red eggs |
+39 091 6058111 |
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EASTER |
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME) |
Procession |
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EASTER |
San Fratello (ME) |
Feast of Judaics |
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EASTER |
Prizzi (PA) |
Abballu de li diavuli |
+39 091 6058111 |
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EASTER |
Ragusa |
Torch-light Procession. On Ibla, revival of S. George martyrdom |
+39 0932 621421 |
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EASTER |
Scicli (RG) |
Santa Maria della Pietà - procession |
+39 0932 931652 |
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EASTER |
Scicli (RG) |
Procession of Dead Jesus Christ |
+39 0932 931652 |
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EASTER |
Trapani |
Procession and Via Crucis |
+39 0923 545511 |
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EASTER |
Ferla (SR) |
Festival of the typical product |
+39 0931 870136 |
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Ascension |
Floridia (SR) |
Festival of snails |
+39 0931 920111 |
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The second week of Easter |
Aragona C. (AG) |
Festival of Tagano |
+39 0922 37777 |
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April |
Vizzini (CT) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0933 962445 |
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April - May |
Torregrotta (ME) |
Festival of patata |
+39 090 9981328 |
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April - May |
Canicattini Bagni (SR) |
Festival of potatoes |
+39 0931 878273 |
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April 10 - 20 |
Scillato (PA) |
Festival of oranges and feast of oil |
+39 0921 663025 |
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April 25 |
Cerda (PA) |
Festival of artichoke |
+39 091 8991003 |
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April 27 |
Contessa Entellina (PA) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 091 835265 |
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April 30 |
Isnello (PA) |
Festival of fritter |
+39 0921 662032 |
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Last but one Sunday of April |
Buscemi (SR) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0931 878273 |
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lThe first Sunday after April 23 |
Modica (RG) |
Feast of S. George |
+39 0932 752747 |
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Last week of April |
Centuripe (EN) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0935 73138 |
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End of April |
Aci Bonaccorsi (CT) |
Festival of typical cheese |
+39 095 7899008 |
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May |
Noto (SR) |
Feast of flowers called "Infiorata" the third Sunday |
+39 0931 836744 |
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May |
Troina (EN) |
Festival of "vastedda cu sammuccu" |
+39 0935 656981 |
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May |
Giarre (CT) |
Festival of cherry and roses |
+39 095 963111 |
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May |
Nicosia (EN) |
Festival of maccherone |
+39 0935 638139 |
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May |
S.Lucia del Mela (ME) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 090 935806 |
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May |
Tortorici (ME) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0941 421966 |
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Mayio |
Taormina (ME) |
Feast of customs and of "Carretto Siciliano" |
+39 0942 23243 |
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May |
Camporeale (PA) |
Meeting of Spring |
+39 0924 36012 |
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May |
Cinisi (PA) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 091 8664144 |
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May |
Trabia (PA) |
Festival of medlar |
+39 091 8146117 |
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May |
Castellammare del Golfo (TP) |
Festival of sausage and of "pane cunzatu" |
+39 0924 592111 |
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Maggio-giugno |
Fondachelli Fantina (ME) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0941 651001 |
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May 1 |
Solarino (SR) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0931 921384 |
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May 1 |
Randazzo (CT) |
Festival of wine |
+39 095 7990069 |
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May 1-3 (each 5 years) |
Calatafimi (TP) |
Procession of SS. Crocefisso |
+39 0923 545511 |
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First week of May |
Scicli/Sampieri (RG) |
Festival of ketchcup |
+39 0932 841072 |
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First week of May |
Calatabiano (CT) |
Festival of mendlar |
+39 095 645391 |
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First week of May |
S. Stefano di Quisquina (AG) |
Festival of cheese |
+39 0922 989794 |
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Second week of May |
Roccella Valdemone (ME) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0942 965007 |
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May 16 |
S. Angelo Muxaro (AG) |
Festival of honey |
+39 0922 919506 |
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Last week of May |
Scicli (RG) |
Feast of Maria SS. delle Milizie |
+39 0932 931652 |
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Last Sunday of May |
Ragusa |
Revival of S. George martyrdom and fireworks |
+39 0932 621421 |
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May - June (odd years) |
Siracusa |
Classic performances at Teatro Greco |
+39 0931 67415 |
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June |
Ragalna (CT) |
Festival of cherry |
+39 095 7985111 |
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June |
Castelbuono (PA) |
Festival of cherry |
+39 0921 673467 |
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June |
Chiusa Sclafani (PA) |
Festival of cherry |
+39 091 8353243 |
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June |
Ciminna (PA) |
Festival of sausage and fritter |
+39 091 8204220 |
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June |
Melilli (SR) |
Sagra del "cudduruni" |
+39 0931 552111 |
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June |
Poggioreale (TP) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0924 75777 |
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June 1 |
Graniti (ME) |
Festival of cherry |
+39 0942 29005 |
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First week of June |
Mussomeli (CL) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0934 934295 |
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From June to December |
Gibellina (TP) |
Orestiadi - performance of music and theatre |
+39 0924 67877 |
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June 6-7 |
S. Caterina Villarmosa (CL) |
Festival of "cudduruni" |
+39 0934 530711 |
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Second or third week of June |
Maletto (CT) |
Festival of strawberry |
+39 095 7720640 |
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June 24 |
Alcara Li Fusi (ME) |
Festival of provola e vino |
+39 0941 793010 |
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June 29 |
Balestrate (PA) |
Festival of fish |
+39 091 8987533 |
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June 29 |
Isnello (PA) |
Festival of S. Peter's broad bens |
+39 0921 662881 |
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June 29 |
Modica (RG) |
S.Peter's feast |
+39 0932 75 27 47 |
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Last week of June |
Lipari (ME) |
Festival of Ginestra |
+39 090 9812271 |
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Last week-end of June |
Menfi (AG) |
Festival of INYCON "Menfi and its wine" |
+39 0925 70215 |
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July |
Milazzo (ME) |
Festival of fish |
+39 090 9222865 |
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July |
Ferla (SR) |
Festival of the typical mountain products |
+39 0931 870136 |
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July - August(odd years) |
Segesta (TP) |
Classic performances at Teatro Greco |
+39 0924 95 23 56 |
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July - August |
Furnari (ME) |
Festival of blue fish and wine |
+39 0941 802211 |
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July - August |
Taormina (ME) |
Taormina arte - performance of music, cinema, theatre and dance |
+39 0942 23243 |
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July - August |
Isola delle Femmine (PA) |
Festival of "panella" and "sfincia" |
+39 091 8617111 |
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July - September |
Tindari (ME) |
Theatre at Teatro Greco |
+39 0941 241136 |
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July 1 |
Floresta (ME) |
Festival of provola and ricotta |
+39 0941 602036 |
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Half of July |
Palermo |
U fistinu - in honor of the Female S. Rosalia |
+39 091 6058111 |
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Third week of July |
Polizzi Generosa (PA) |
Festival of "sfoglio" (a typical sweet) |
+39 0921 649018 |
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July 24-25 |
Caltagirone (CT) |
S. Jacob's feast with" luminaria": 4000 lumini a formare disegni lungo la scala di S. Maria del Monte |
+39 0933 53809 |
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Last Sunday of July |
Campofranco (CL) |
Festival of pupi di pani |
+39 0934 959670 |
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Fourth Sunday of July |
S. Giovanni Gemini (AG) |
Festival of meat |
+39 0922 900314 |
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End of July |
Aci Castello (CT) |
Festival of fish |
+39 095 277421 |
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End of july and beginning of August |
Erice (TP) |
Medieval and Renaissance music in the Church |
+39 0923 869388 |
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August |
Bivona (AG) |
Festival of peach |
+39 0922 983711 |
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August |
Porto Empedocle (AG) |
Festival of the sea |
+39 0922 637556 |
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August |
Ramacca (CT) |
Festival of bread |
+39 095 7930122 |
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August |
Butera (CL) |
Festival of almond |
+39 0934 346104 |
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Agosto |
Mascali (CT) |
Festival of fish |
+39 095 96635 |
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August |
Castellumberto (ME) |
Festival of provola |
+39 0941 432070 |
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August |
Letojanni (ME) |
Festival of bread and water-melon |
+39 0942 657111 |
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August |
Aci Castello (CT) |
Festival of pane condito |
+39 095 276237 |
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August |
Gallodoro (ME) |
Festival of sweet and wine |
+39 0942 36105 |
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August |
Mandanici (ME) |
Festival of oil |
+39 0942 781010 |
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August |
Merì (ME) |
Summer Festival |
+39 090 9763777 |
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August |
Mojo Alcantara (ME) |
Festival of peach |
+39 0942 963014 |
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August |
Gioiosa Marea (ME) |
Festival of fish |
+39 0941 301013 |
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August |
Olivieri (ME) |
Festival of hot bread |
+39 0941 313201 |
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August |
S.Teresa di Riva (ME) |
Festival of swordfish |
+39 0942 793110 |
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August |
Patti (ME) |
Festival of wether |
+39 0941 246318 |
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August |
Tortorici (ME) |
Festival of stone |
+39 0941 421966 |
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August |
Savoca (ME) |
Festival of hot bread |
+39 0942 761006 |
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August |
Tusa (ME) |
Festival of fish |
+39 0921 330405 |
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August |
Venetico (ME) |
Festival of macaroni |
+39 090 9941030 |
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August |
Aliminusa (PA) |
Festival of sweet |
+39 091 8997177 |
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August |
Blufi (PA) |
Festival of ricotta |
+39 0921 648000 |
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August |
Caccamo (PA) |
Festival of sausage |
+39 091 8148103 |
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August |
Geraci Siculo (PA) |
Festival of "tassieuddu con l'olio" |
+39 0921 643607 |
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August |
Petralia Soprana (PA) |
Festival of salt |
+39 0921 684111 |
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August |
Pollina (PA) |
Festival of "manna" |
+39 0921 425009 |
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August |
Pachino (SR) |
Festival of fish |
+39 0931 552111 |
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August |
Calatafimi (TP) |
Festival of water-melon |
+39 0924 956246 |
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August |
Partanna (TP) |
Festival of oil |
+39 0924 49258 |
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August - September |
Gagliano Castelferrato (EN) |
Festival of mustard |
+39 0935 693218 |
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August - September |
Raccuja (ME) |
Festival of stones and bread |
+39 0941 663049 |
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August - September |
San Gregorio di Catania (CT) |
Festival of flowers |
+39 095 524383 |
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August - September |
Santa Ninfa (TP) |
Festival of sausage |
+39 0924 992111 |
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August 1 |
Brolo (ME) |
Festival of "pane cunzatu" |
+39 0941 561224 |
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August 1 |
Palazzo Adriano (PA) |
Festival of cuccia |
+39 091 8349911 |
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August 1-2-3 |
Maniace (CT) |
Festival of apple and peach |
+39 095 690139 |
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First Saturday of August |
Militello Rosmarino (ME) |
Festival of "pane cauru" |
+39 0941 728288 |
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First Saturday of August |
Galati Mamertino (ME) |
Festival of bread and cheese |
+39 0941 434926 |
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First Saturday of August |
Campofiorito (PA) |
Festival of broad ben |
+39 091 8466212 |
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First Sunday of August |
S. Giovanni Gemini (AG) |
Festival of "guastiddata" |
+39 0922 900314 |
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First week of August |
Ganci (PA) |
Festival of ear |
+39 0921 502017 |
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First decade of August |
Castrofilippo (AG) |
Festival of garlic and onion |
+39 0922 825132 |
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August 1 - 6 |
Cefalù (PA) |
Feast of S.Salvatore with 'nntinna 'a mari |
+39 0921 21050 |
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First week of August |
Terme Vigliatore (ME) |
Festival of aubergine |
+39 090 9782343 |
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First Sunday of August |
Pozzallo (RG) |
Festival of fish and other typical products |
+39 0932 953037 |
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August 6 - 7 8 |
S.Angelo di Brolo (ME) |
Festival of salamiand other typical products |
+39 0941 533661 |
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August 7 |
Portopalo (SR) |
Festival of fish |
+39 0931 842005 |
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August 7 |
Lipari (ME) |
Festival of fish |
+39 090 9812271 |
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August 8 - 9 |
Aci Castello (CT) |
Festival of polyp |
+39 095 274780 |
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August 9 - 12 |
Ispica (RG) |
Festival of ice cream |
+39 0932 951132 |
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August 9 - 17 |
Aci Catena (CT) |
Festival of lemon |
+39 095 7684200 |
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August 10 - 17 |
Montalbano Elicona (ME) |
Festival of hazel-nut, cheese and bread |
+39 0941 315037 |
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First monday of August |
Milena (CL) |
Festival of pizza |
+39 0934 933465 |
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second week of August |
Lascari (PA) |
Festival of lemon |
+39 0921 427705 |
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First week before Assumption Day |
Torrenova (ME) |
Festival of blue fish |
+39 0941 785841 |
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August 12 - 13 - 14 |
Giarratana (RG) |
Festival of onion |
+39 0932 976023 |
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August 12 |
Sinagra (ME) |
Festival of eel |
+39 0941 594016 |
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August 13 and 14 |
Piazza Armerina (EN) |
Palio dei Normanni. |
+39 0935 680201 |
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August 14 |
Antillo (ME) |
Festival of Indian corn |
+39 0942 723031 |
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August 14 |
Cefalù (PA) |
Madonna della Luce. |
+39 0921 21050 |
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August 14 |
Gratteri (PA) |
Festival of "vastedda" |
+39 0921 429214 |
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August 13 and 15 |
Messina |
"Passeggiata dei Giganti" |
+39 090 675356 |
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August 15 |
Trappeto (PA) |
Festival of fish |
+39 091 8788341 |
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Half of August |
Siracusa |
Palio and Feast of the seae: a tourist visit of Ortigia |
+39 0931 461477 |
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Second week of August |
San Marco d'Alunzio (ME) |
Festival of eating |
+39 0941797622 |
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Second week of August |
Roccalumera (ME) |
Festival of lemon and premio nazionale "Zagara d'oro" |
+39 0942 746108 |
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Second Sunday of August |
Piraino (ME) |
Festival "du pani cunzatu" |
+39 0941 585122 |
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Second fifteenth of August |
S.Domenica Vittoria (ME) |
Festival of wether |
+39 095 925373 |
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August 16 |
Castel di Lucio (ME) |
Festival of " cascavaddu" (cheese) |
+39 0921 384182 |
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August 16 |
Sperlinga (EN) |
Festival of "tortone" (a typical sweet with cinnamon) |
+39 0935 643025 |
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August 19 |
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October |
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October |
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Catania and S. Agate
Three days of cult, devotion, folclore, traditions that do not have reply in the world. Only the Saint Week of Seville in Spain and the festivity of the Corpus Cuzco Dominions in Perù can be compared, as far as popularity, to the celebrations of S. Agate, from five centuries always equal. For three days people crowd in the ways and the public squares. Devout people or onlookers are available to hundred and hundred of thousand, also until to a million.
Three incredible days
They are three days of celebrations, but two in particular,
when Sant' Agate ( 4 and 5 of February ) in its silver one fercolo ("a vara") go
between its people, cross the popular quarters and those high ones. First day,
the 3, is developed in three moments: the long and solemn processio
n of the noon for the Offer of the wax, to which the highest civil, religious and
military authorities participate city with the banners of the Common one, of
the Province and the University. From the Church of Sant' Agate to the Furnace
to the Cathedral Basilica the procession cuts two wings of incredible crowd.
They close the eleven candlemas, expressions of the corporations of the city
trades, and the two carriages of the catanese Senate, an eighteenth-century sedan,
continuation from one more small, accommodates the communal administrators once
the Senate, formed from patrizio (the mayor) and from it swears (city council
members to you). In the afternoon at 15 o' clock there is a typical walking
match called "Trofeo S.Agata" with the champions of the cross world-wide between ancient and
modern roads of the center. Finally the evening, after the 20 the huge firework
show them in public square Dome. The night that follows is sleepless for many
citizen that early in the morning crowds the Cathedral Basilica for the first
encounter with the Saint. The atmosphere is strongly emotional. Sant' Agate
comes capacity from the devout people wrapped
up in the "sacco", than probably it
sends back to the tunic white woman of the ancient ritual in honor of Iside, of
whose Catania cult was important center centuries before
Christian age. Before on the altar they centers then on "launches", the
bust, in
waving of its bust, covered of jewels, donates also from king and emperors to
you, between which the cross offered from Vincenzo Bellini, she proceeds similar
to a boat with moved sea, and between applauses and waving of handkerchiefs white men, that they compose like a flight of gulls, setting itself between
the decorations of the city baroque. A scenography that no director you would
know to repeat neither, much less, to invent. After which the bust begins the external turn (in
sicilian language it's called "ddi viddani") crossing Porta
Uzeda (some years ago makes it was assisted to a colorful launch of wide strip, the famous one"
strisciata ", that the planes dressed all of live colors
to us), Dusmet stret with the characteristic ones arches that support the railroad
and under which, once, rippled the sea, neighbor t
o the Biscari street where it
seems is been born the noble Agate. A waited for passage is what Carlo Alberto
until to Stesicoro public square goes from public square. And here we enter in
the places more beloveds to the citizen of Catania, places of the cult, because between
these he walls ancient Sant' Agate endured the jail and the martyrdom, and where,
after atrocious suffering, she died. Spectacular moment also this. The million
of devout people pull of race the bust for all the "salita dei
Cappuccini", stopping itself to half in order to make homage the Sacred Jail.
Therefore second slope pause to "Sant' Agata la Vetere", the first
Cathedral of Catania and first place of interment of the Female Saint (but is
who supports that Carlo Alberto was buried in public square, to the inside of
"Santuario della Santissima Annunziata"., better known like church of the Carmine. The evening
the bust follows
the distance in the popular Catania street: Plebiscito, Fortino, S. Cristoforo.
In these quarters the festivity comes lived in various way. Houses (above all
many bottoms) open, illuminated, festive; full bar for all the night.
Musics, stalls with nougat, the typical "calia", grill where you furnish in order to brace
horse meat. Illuminated balconies and shops
stands with the image of the saint, display windows of storees and bar with
artistic models of the candlemas. Great fires of artifice before the return,
without the shiver of an underground to risk of navy (until to the 1992 has not
been made of race) and still through the Uzeda Door in the Cathedral Basilica
while the night softens the dark only to the first lights of the morning.
Show and devotion
The time of some hour of sleep because in the late morning (we are not to day 5, to the clou of the festivity) purposely celebrates the pontificale presided from a sended preside. To the sunset the second part of the turn of the Saint for the center of the city has beginning, in the ancient Catania. The bust comes in very slow, especially in recent years, for Etnea street, the city drawing-room. The eleven candlemas adorned to festivity opens the procession. In front of the cord at least seven hundred of devout people ("tutti devoti tutti. Cittadini, viva Sant'Agata") pull the bust, tipically called "vara". Then sound the bell of the Common one in order to announce the homage of the Mayor to the female saint. Then the river of the interminable procesion moves showing for hours a living picture to us. People will carry in public square Village for artifice fires, notice like those of "sera del tre". In a great hurry, as the candlemas engaged in the resistance contest, to the climb of S. Giuliano, ready to mainly support the tall candle of the own winning profession. The hours pass, the night are left over. Sant' Agate waits for with patience to the crossing between Etnea Street and of S. Giuliano that ends the argument, for the final tear which will hold with the suspended breath, that one with the applause, if all it will have gone well, on the climb of S. Giuliano. Sin for the late hour, but to see a dangerous and therefore felt race therefore from the devout people is a great show. E' a piece of the classified festivity to the young people. Us strong arms and legs want salde in order to pull the tons and tons of the bust. But it is a sign of love and devotion that cannot lack. And like once, to make it in an only one pulled, means trarne of the good auspices for the year. Yes, because the true New Year's Day for the citizen of Catania is February 5 and all the contracts, a time had like departure and point of reference this date.
Martyrdom and historical center
Catania, after many times from devastating earthquakes and
eruptions of the Etna, have paid to the Female saint the beautifulst and
prestigious churches and monuments between. Today they can be admired in the
climb of the Cappuccini, to the inside of the church of Sant' Agate to the Jail,
the rest of of III the century d. C. that they contain the prison where Sant'
Agate suffered the martyrdom and it died to you. Close there are the churches of
Sant' Agate to the Furnace (in Stesicoro public square) and of Sant' Agata la Vetere ( S. Maddalena
street), the first cathedral of Catania (exactly the Vetere)
and perhaps place of the first interment. Still the Abbey of Sant' Agate, the
"stele" in public square of the Martyrdoms, Fontana of via Dusmet, the Dome
normanno-baroque. While the Cathedral Basilica conserve the relique in valuable jobs of
jeweller's art, works of Di Bartolo like the bust and the coffer (not is a statue
of Sant' Agate), the church of the Sacred Jail represents the center of the
S.Agate cult,
the living history of the martyrdom, of the agate life. In the
temple, beyond to the dark room, you can see the lavic lab in which they are
impress. In this temple the citizen of Catania finds again its spiritual
identity. They erected the jail as one of the bastions of the old ones walls. It
attests the bastion, still today very visible, than ago part of the part going
back building to the end of the XI or the beginning of XII the century. The jail
was buried and annexed to the constructions in the pressed ones of prethorium of
the ancient roman city, here where there was the representative residence of
Quinziano, its persecutor. The church guards some of the most precious religious
memories and historical citizens, have a rustic suggestion although she is
inserted in full city. Over the altar greater one great table, dated 1588 and
signed from the Niger, representing Sant' Agate to the stake. Near the jail
there is a stone of washes, a lot venerated, with the print of the feet.
In the sacrarium it is remarkable the ancient plate (sec. XV) with the image of
the Saint. Tombstones, bas-relieves , an epigraph saying "Noli offendere patriam Agathae, quia ultrix iniuriarum est"
(don't offend the Agate native land, because it revenge the injuries), an
eighteenth-century small check representing the Saint.
Candlemasses, a baroque festivity
"Nearly all the sicilian festivities - writes the historian mons. Giovanni
Lanzafame - are baroques ". On purpose about the eleven candlemasses he speaks
specifically about "baroque in motion", also for the famous one "annacata". A
baroque that moves in one baroque city, like redesigned from Vaccarini for
its reconstruction after the earthquake of 1693. In Spain very 120 "pasos" (busts) narrate for the roads the passion of Christ and the pains of Maria; in
Perù the S.S. Sacramento comes preceded in on a beuatiful procession from "tronos"
(the busts ones) that plastic narrate with wooden masterpieces the life of some witnesses of Christ and some titles of M
adonna.
On the Spanish furrow there are also the eleven candlemasses of Catania. A time
they exceeded the thirty
number: the war and the passing of some trades involved painful cuts.
Ten large tall candles and one more small illuminate the
distance of the procession. They walk in seniority order, even if between "Rinoti"
and "Ortofloricultori" there was sour fight for the first place. A lacked
understanding and a diatribe between the two categories carried the candlemasses to
proceed in brace in order much time, with the small candlemas in the head. Also today it opens the intentional
tall candle from mons. Ventimiglia, follows that
one of "Rinoti" gift of the inhabitants of San Giuseppe la Rena, with
the four griffins to the base. It follows the tall candle of "Ortofloricultori" in gotic style, with the statues of
the martyrdoms and bishops of Catania. On the top of the candlemas there is the
decanter, but in
order much time camped a bunch of flowers. And of continuation the candlemas of
the Fishmongers, in rococò style, with many banners, ex voto and with the
statue of S. Francisco di Paola, the Patron saint of sea people; that one of the
valuable and sparkling "Fruttivendoli" with a beautiful bust of Sainct Agate;
that one of "Macellai" showing a typical bunch of flowers; that one of "Pastai", a pure
eighteenth-century candlestick ; that one of "Pizzicagnoli (grocers)" in liberty
style, with the characteristics cariatyd to the base; that one of "Panettieri", heaviest (they
carry it in twelve rather than in eight, in ten but that one of the Vinaioli)
with the angels to natural height; of "Vinaioli (pub-keepers)", exactly,
the second candlemas for gravity, with four artistic lions and gryphons supporting all the system. He closes candlemas intentional from the
Dusmet blessed soul for the city Circle Sainct' Agate: in the restoration of
1988 it has been enriched from an artistic bunch of flowers. The attended
festivity more for the candlemas, after that for days has turned the city far
and wide, is that one of day 3 to the Fish market and in public square Dome,
when they make the homage the mayor.
An international cult
The cult of Sant' Agate is not only in Catania. The veneration for the saint is scattered all over the world. The
Saint of Catania protect 44
Italian common, 14 of which carry the name of the Saint. In the Malta neighbor
he is Female with S. Paul, therefore like in the Marino Republic Saint. In
Spain it is venerated to Villarba of the Alcor in Andalusia, to Jèria (province of
Valencia). In Barcelona the nail head of catholic the Real Palace is registered
to Sant' Agate where the King will receive Cristoforo Columbus to its first
travel from the discovery of the America. In Zamarramala (Segovia) curious
tradition exists one: on February 5 commands the women who elect quite one
wpman major. The men attend to the kitchen. In Portugal she is Female saint of
Agueda (exactly Churns) in the province of Coimbra. Also in Germany the cult is
extended: she is Female saint of Aschaffemburg. In France, to the Fournet, in
Normandia. In Costantinopoli great church was celebrated to May in one, like
also in the Ponto. Sainct Agate is also much popular in Greece, exspecially in the
etolic region:
the etoli leave the city with procession in order to cover ten kilometers and to
catch up the place of the cult and here they watch by all the night in order to
then participate the morning to the religious celebrations in its honor. Also in
far India there is Sant' Agate, to Viayawala. In Argentine she is the female
saint of the National Fire Departments and comes solemn celebrated to the Boca
di Buenos Aires. In Italy the devozione is a lot: an oratory in the Abazia di
Montecatini, to Cremona in the wonderful Collegiata where the tablet exists
originates bringing them the praise that second the tradition an Angel placed in
the sepolcro. A copy is visible on the left hand of Sant' Agate. The Lombardy is
the richer region of the cult churns. In the Dome there is an altar with a
magnificent representing picture Sant' Agate. There are also two statues of the
sainct in the guglie.
Florence (exists one table of XIII the century) invoke Sainct' Agate against
fires; Rome has dedicated two beautiful churches to them: Sainct' Agate of the
Goti and Sainct' Agate to the Suburra (Trastevere); to Naples a effigy in the
catacomb of S. Gennaro in one fresco of the four century.
The art and Sant' Agate
Sant' Agate has works in all the parts of the world: in the church of S.
Sofia to Kiev, in the Ucraina, to "Apollinare nuovo" in Ravenna; in "portale
of S. Stefano" to Vienna; in the temple of S. George to Dinkeluehl; statues
admire to Malta, to Villalba of the Alcor in Spain; one processional table in
the museum of the Dome in "Galleria degli Uffizi" (Filippo Lippi) and in
"Palazzo Pitti" (Sebastiano of the Lead) of Florence; jobs of the Borgognone to
Bergamo. In Catania, by private houses and all the churches dedicated to the
Female saint (Saint' Agate to the Jail, Village, the Vetere), exist many envelopes
of Agate. In the church of Sant' Agate to the Sciare a
painting on stone slate not touched from the lave of 1669. Catania, with its
province, is naturally full of burlaps and documents of Sant' Agate. The most famous
is in Nicolosi, to the memory of Dusmet cardinal who stopped
washes with the veil of the Saint, saving the citizen from the destruction.
