{"id":2738,"date":"2020-06-12T22:57:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T20:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitcinqueterre.eu\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2020-06-26T15:45:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T13:45:26","slug":"feste-cinque-terre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitcinqueterre.eu\/en\/2020\/06\/12\/feste-cinque-terre\/","title":{"rendered":"Festivals and feasts in the Cinque Terre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve lots of festivals and feasts in the Cinque Terre, including patronal feasts, feasts at the five shrines, festivals, and other events that tell and pass on local traditions or enhance their peculiarities and the environment.<\/p>\n\n

Here’s a short summary, but we will be writing a post about each one of these events.<\/p>\n\n

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\u00a9 Carlo Alberto Conti<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

Festivities and events in winter in the Cinque Terre<\/h2>\n\n

In December the now-famous luminous nativity scene<\/strong> is held in Manarola. A dream that Mario Andreoli has transformed into a project and given to his fellow citizens and the whole world. Over 15 thousand bulbs to give life to the 250 characters of the Hill of Three Crosses<\/em>. A unique nativity scene, which enchants from the day of the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8) until the end of January.<\/p>\n\n

Another decidedly special event is the underwater Christmas of Vernazza<\/strong>, with the birth of Jesus in the waters of the small gulf at the stroke of midnight and Christmas mass to follow.<\/p>\n\n

Moving from the religious to the decidedly sporty, between the end of March and the beginning of April we attend Sciacchetrail<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong> a trail running race celebrating our precious Sciacchetr\u00e0<\/a> wine. A circuit above and through the five villages and their shrines, 47 km long with 2,600 meters of altitude difference.<\/p>\n\n

In spring<\/h2>\n\n

With Easter, the holiday season opens at the Cinque Terre Shrines<\/strong><\/a>, while in May the festivals begin.<\/p>\n\n

On the second Sunday of May, the shrine of the Madonna di Reggio in Vernazza celebrates the Christ Feast<\/strong>, with suggestive processions and very specific culinary traditions.<\/p>\n\n

In mid-May Monterosso celebrates lemons<\/strong>, with a festival that colors and perfume the caruggi <\/em>(narrow local alleys) and squares of the village for a whole weekend. Limoncino, lemon cream, jam, and lemon cake are tasted from one end of the village to the other and events organized until the evening.<\/p>\n\n