Festa Medievale

"An ancient ribbon dance of Norman origin performed in the highest village of the Madonie mountains, the Ballo della Cordella sees costumed dancers weave coloured cords around a maypole in a ceremony last documented in medieval Sicily."

Ballo della Cordella

"The Madonie hilltown of Caltavuturo hosts an August folklore festival bringing international folk dance and music groups together with Sicilian traditions for an outdoor celebration in its historic centre."

Festival del Folklore

"Pollina is one of the last places in Europe where manna is still harvested from ancient ash trees by incision, and its August sagra celebrates this extraordinary and almost-forgotten Sicilian sweetener with tastings and artisan demonstrations."

Sagra della Manna

"In Sicily's only village built partly inside a sandstone cliff, the sagra del tortone celebrates a uniquely local baked cheese pasta cake at the foot of the famous Sperlinga castle, where Norman defectors once held out for a year after the Sicilian Vespers."

Sagra del Tortone

"One of Italy's most beautiful villages, Montalbano Elicona dresses its medieval streets in Aragonese costume each August for a multi-day historical festival centred on the 14th-century royal castle of Frederick II of Aragon."

Feste Aragonesi

"Perched at 1,077 metres in the Madonie mountains, the tiny village of Geraci Siculo revives a medieval jousting tournament in honour of the Ventimiglia lords, its 14th-century overlords, with horsemen competing in the ruins of their ancestral castle."

Giostra dei Ventimiglia

"Every August the small walled borgo of San Giorgio Morgeto in the Reggino Aspromonte hosts a medieval festival that unfolds through a long historical procession winding the principal streets of the village, with costumed guilds, artisan markets and period entertainments set against the backdrop of a Norman-era castle."

Festa Medioevale

"For one week every August, Volterra's alabaster-walled medieval centre transforms into a living 14th-century town with period costumes, medieval money, crafts demonstrations and food stands inside one of Tuscany's most atmospheric hilltop cities."

Volterra AD 1398

"A five-day celebration anchored in the Stelvio National Park, bringing together mountain guides, naturalists, local producers and community storytelling in the historic alpine town of Bormio at the foot of the famous pass."

Parco in Festa

"A four-day medieval living-history re-enactment that transforms the perfectly preserved walled borough of Finalborgo into a 15th-century scene, with costumed parades, artisan markets, falconry and evening spectacles."

Viaggio nel Medioevo

"Bitti, home of the polyphonic cantu a tenore tradition, opens its ancient stone courtyards to visitors for the first weekend of the Autunno in Barbagia circuit, showcasing weaving, bread-making, local cheeses and live tenore singing."

Autunno in Barbagia - Cortes Apertas

"The small village of Cerreto Guidi transforms into the 16th-century Medici court of 1570, with costumed re-enactors portraying the great figures who frequented the Villa Medicea, bringing Florence's Renaissance history vividly to life in the village streets."

Rievocazione Storica della Corte dei Medici