Presepe Meccanico in Crusà di Pianfei
Pianfei's historic mechanical nativity in the Crusà cellars features hand-crafted moving figures built over generations, presenting one of the most accomplished examples of the Piedmontese presepe meccanico tradition in a small Cuneo foothills village.
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"Lou Dalfin's beloved Ferragosto open-air concert on the high-mountain forecourt of the ancient Santuario di San Magno, drawing up to 3,000 people each year for traditional Occitan music at over 1,700 metres in Valle Grana."
Concerto Occitano di Ferragosto, Lou Dalfin al Santuario di San Magno
"Omegna's historic eleven-day patron-saint festival, now in its 123rd edition, fills the town at the tip of Lake Orta with processions, shows, music and local food across the full run of summer evenings."
Festa di San Vito
"A 72-year-old celebration of the Tonda Gentile delle Langhe hazelnut in its Alta Langa birthplace, filling Cortemilia's medieval streets with producers, tastings of torta di nocciole and praline, concerts, and the Nocciola d'Oro award."
Fiera Nazionale della Nocciola
"This two-weekend food festival on the shores of Lake Maggiore at Baveno brings together the local produce, wines and flavours of the Verbano district in a lakeside celebration of regional gastronomy."
Sapori di Lago
"A four-day riverside sagra in the Po-plain village of Villastellone celebrating the patron saint Bartholomew with traditional river-fish dishes, music and local enogastronomic stands."
San Bartolomeo - Sagra del Pesce
"Now in its 77th edition, this nationally famous ten-day fair spreads across six historic piazze in Carmagnola to celebrate the celebrated local sweet pepper with tasting stands, cooking contests, and nightly live concerts."
Fiera Nazionale del Peperone di Carmagnola
"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