Presepe della Marineria di Cesenatico
First created in 1986, this nativity scene uses the actual historic sailing boats of the Cesenatico Maritime Museum moored along the ancient Porto Canale, with more than 50 figures bringing the story alive on the water of the Adriatic fishing town.
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"Tiny Premilcuore, one of Romagna's most unspoilt medieval villages on the edge of the Casentino forests, holds its centuries-old Ferragosto fair with local produce, crafts and mountain foods on Italy's great mid-August holiday."
Fiera di Ferragosto
"In its 37th edition and recognised by the Consorzio Europeo Rievocazioni Storiche, this four-day medieval pageant in walled hilltop Mondaino commemorates the 1459 peace between Federico da Montefeltro and Sigismondo Malatesta, with contrada competitions, a crossbow tournament and over 100 artisan stalls."
Palio de lo Daino
"A traditional two-day medieval reenactment in this small Bologna Apennine comune, featuring a historic market, demonstrations of ancient crafts and trades, costumed processions, live music and street food."
Rievocazione medievale di Castel di Casio
"This fraction of Mirandola in the Modena plain has dedicated an entire sagra to its locally grown watermelon, celebrating a quintessential summer crop with sweet-focused stalls and festive community spirit."
Sagra del Cocomero di San Martino Spino
"Pavullo nel Frignano's patronal fair of San Bartolomeo is a long-established late-summer market in the Modenese Apennines, drawing the surrounding mountain communities together for food, goods and festive celebration."
Fiera di San Bartolomeo
"San Secondo Parmense's annual fiera celebrates its two most prized products: the fortanina local white wine and the slow-cooked spalla cotta, a shoulder of pork unique to this small Po plain comune."
Fiera della Fortanina e della Spalla di San Secondo
"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
"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
"Randazzo, a remarkably intact medieval town built entirely from black Etna lava stone, stages its annual historical festival with costumed processions and period markets through streets that survived every Etna eruption for 700 years."
Festa Medievale
"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