Accounts and highlights of some of the more famous events, feste and sagre in Abruzzo (View the handy annual calendar list and our #PopUpAbruzzo events)
Have you ever wondered where the traditional remedy for a hangover comes from? It has a fascinating history that dates back to Rome, the Italic tribes of central Italy and Father's Day!
December 8th is 'Immacolata Concezione' (Immaculate Conception Day), when Italy traditionally turns on its Christmas lights, but in Abruzzo, there is another tradition and rite in many beach and mountain towns, the lighting of giant bonfires accompanied by song and cheer that begin on the 7th December!
The small Chieti town of San Giovanni Teatino’s re-enactment of the rites associated with their patron saint, John the Baptist, foraging for wild herbs and flowers to make the elixir, L'Acqua di San Giovanni illustrates perfectly one of the more colourful ways to learn about Abruzzo and a particular community
There is a small but wonderful multimedia exhibition in Rome running from May through to August that chronicles the communities of the mountain villages that sit on Teramo's Gran Sasso range and encircle Cerqueto di Fano Adriano recorded by Don Nicola Jobbi.
