Palio delle Zattere
Nine contrade race hand-built timber rafts three kilometres down the Brenta rapids in a spectacular revival of the old zattieri trade routes from the mountains to Venice.
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"A rare public festivity on the lagoon island of Torcello, one of the most ancient and sparsely inhabited islands of the Venetian lagoon, celebrating the Assumption with home-cooked Venetian island dishes and communal tables."
Festa dell'Assunta
"A summer lakeside wine sagra in the small Garda village famous for its Bardolino DOC, with lakefront stands, local producers and an atmosphere that is genuinely village-scale."
Sagra di Bardolino
"The lakeside wine village of Bardolino on Lake Garda celebrates its celebrated DOC Bardolino grape harvest in late August with open-air tastings, folk music, and an atmosphere that has anchored this village festa in the local calendar for generations."
Festa dell'Uva, Bardolino
"An unhurried multi-weekend sagra in this remote Polesine hamlet near the Po, offering authentic river-plain cooking and the convivial warmth of a community that rarely sees outside visitors."
Sagra di Runzi
"A one-day village sagra in the heart of Valpolicella wine country, where Amarone and Ripasso grapes ripen on terraced hillsides and the local community toasts the harvest season."
Sagra di Negrar di Valpolicella
"Nine contrade of Monselice compete across three September Sundays in chess, archery, drum-tenzoni and a horseback quintana beneath the medieval Rocca in a pageant evoking the 1242 siege of Frederick II."
Giostra della Rocca
"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
"Mounted knights from across Europe gather at the foot of Castel Coira in the Val Venosta for three days of jousting, lance-breaking and horsemanship contests set against an Alpine medieval backdrop."
Giochi Medievali di Venosta
"Campagnatico's spirited donkey race pits the village's contrade against each other in a parade of historical costume followed by the Palio dei Ciuchi contest, a cheerful and very local counterpoint to the grand Sienese racing tradition."
Palio dei Ciuchi
"Organised by the Parco Nazionale Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, this unique two-day world championship sends hundreds of foragers into the beech forests of Cerreto Laghi to compete on porcino harvest weight, litter collection, and mycological knowledge."
Campionato Mondiale del Fungo
"Vintage cyclists ride the white gravel strade bianche of the Chianti hills on pre-1987 bicycles in this nostalgic race that ends with a proper wine festival in Gaiole, blending sporting heritage with the flavours of the harvest season."
L'Eroica
"Deep in the Madonie mountains this medieval hilltop borgo hosts a collaborative allegorical float parade drawing carts from five surrounding villages, crowned by a masked equestrian parade organised by the Cavalieri Contea di Geraci association."
Carnevale di Geraci Siculo - Sfilata Equestre in Maschera