"One of Le Marche's most evocative rural celebrations, Monte Roberto recreates the wheat harvest with working threshing machines while serving roast goose in the old contadino tradition."
Festa della Trebbiatura e Sagra dell'Oca
"In the ancient hilltop hamlet of Velva, grain growers thresh wheat by hand in the village piazzale in a living agricultural demonstration that revives the rhythms of pre-mechanised Ligurian rural life."
Festa della Trebbiatura
"Serramazzoni's annual Apennine fair showcases local handmade terracotta, botanical and herbal crafts, forest produce, wicker and a rich variety of traditional Modenese mountain artisanship in a single lively summer day."
Fiera Annuale di Serramazzoni
"One of Europe's oldest surviving livestock fairs, tracing back over a thousand years to the transumanza routes, Impruneta's week-long Fiera brings cattle shows, artisan markets, the famous cotto terracotta craft, and closing fireworks to its medieval piazza."
Millenaria Fiera di San Luca
"In one of Romagna's most perfectly preserved medieval villages, the Pro Loco stages an autumn forest-produce sagra pairing wild berries and fungi with a mycological exhibition, local ceramics, wrought iron and wicker basketry."
Sagra dei Frutti del Sottobosco e dell'Artigianato Artistico
"One of Italy's oldest poultry fairs, held each December in the small Cuneese village of Morozzo, where prize-winning capon breeds are displayed and sold alongside artisan food and wine."
Fiera Nazionale del Cappone
"Dating back centuries, Carrù's renowned fat-ox fair is one of Piedmont's most authentic rural traditions, drawing prize livestock, butchers, local trattorie and food enthusiasts to this small Cuneese town each December."
Fiera Nazionale del Bue Grasso