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Collelongo (AQ): San’Antonio Abate Festa

Don’t miss the chance to join the Marsican town of Collelongo’s traditional  & very unique communal celebration for the Egyptian hermit, San’Antonio Abate which dates back 4 centuries! 
Colorful Abruzzo festival scene featuring a giant puppet and local musicians in a village setting.

Villavallelonga (AQ) – Festa di Sant’Antonio

All-night feasting, bonfires, music, and Carnival masks mark the Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot and La Panarda in Villavallelonga, Abruzzo
Crowd of local residents watching a priest bless a large pot of food outdoors.

Scanno (AQ): Le sagne di Sant’Antonio Barone

In Scanno, 17 January is marked by the blessing and sharing of sagne pasta for Sant’Antonio Abate, a tradition of faith, charity, and food.
People carry decorated tables on their heads during a cultural festival in Abruzzo, against snowy mountains and leafless trees.

San Sebastiano dei Marsi (AQ): Festa delle Panette

Festa delle Panette in San Sebastiano dei Marsi: red-draped winter processions, ritual bread, bonfires and devotion to Saint Sebastian
Ancient Abruzzo castle featuring stone architecture and scenic mountain backdrop under clear blue sky.
Arts & Architecture

Inside L’Aquila’s Spanish Fort & Nazionale d’Abruzzo Museum
Tema - L' Abruzzo Risorge, at school in Poggetello 1946, near Tagliacozzo. Photo by Antonio Cervellieri.
WW2 & Modern History

A Mirror Across Centuries: Abruzzo and the Bourbon Memory
Scanno le glorie di san martino

Scanno – Le Glorie di San Martino

Collelongo (AQ): San’Antonio Abate Festa
La Serenate delle Chezette

Scanno (AQ): La Serenate delle Chezette

Pettorano sul Gizio (AQ): La Serenata di Capodanno
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