Customs and traditions in Italy
This is a sponsored post from Auto Europe. Once September arrives, the countdown begins for the next big holiday which will break the monotony of winter and fill it with light and colour. Of course we’re talking about the Christmas season, with many traditions that vary from one region to another. In recent years Christmas
If you are in Italy in December you will find presepi (nativity scenes) everywhere. Every church or public space will have its own intricately decorated Christmas crib. And in private homes families will be busy building their own cribs, as common in Italy as Christmas trees are in the UK. But in some parts of the
25 March is historically the start of the New Year in Florence. It is also the day on which the archangel Gabriel announced the incarnation to the Virgin Mary. The Feast of the Annunciation is one of the lesser known of Italy’s numerous religious festivals, hardly mentioned in the guidebooks. I’d been to similar events
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