Viaggio nel Medioevo
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.
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"The Valbisagno valley village of Bargagli celebrates its patroness Nostra Signora Assunta over three festive August days with a patronal mass, procession and community sagra, recognised in the official 2026 Authentic Ligurian Events calendar."
Festa Patronale di Nostra Signora Assunta
"Perched above the Golfo Paradiso, the hamlet of Ruta celebrates its beloved focaccette, the small fried-dough pockets stuffed with stracchino cheese, at an August village festa that draws families up from the Camogli coast for an evening of golden bites and live music."
Sagra delle Focaccette
"Camogli's fishermen's borough gathers on the historic beach for its beloved San Rocco night, with confraternity procession, bancarelle, live music and a great bonfire blazing on the shingle in honour of the plague saint."
Festa di San Rocco
"A 50-year-old eco-minded sagra in the UNESCO-candidated medieval walled borgata of Finalborgo, dedicated to stuffed aubergines as the signature summer vegetable of the Finale Ligure hinterland, with emphasis on zero-kilometre local produce."
Ecosagra delle Melanzane Ripiene
"In one of Liguria's highest and most remote villages, Mendatica's cucina bianca festival showcases the ancient mountain cuisine of the Alta Val Tanarello, where every dish is built on hand-ground white flours, local cheese and herbs."
Festa della Cucina Bianca
"A long-established sagra with over fifty years of tradition in a tiny mountain village above Sanremo, celebrating the frandura, a thick chickpea and potato tart that is one of the rarest surviving dishes of the Ligurian high hinterland."
Frandura
"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
"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