Upcoming events until the end of 2015..
All Saints Day
All Saints Day is celebrated on November 1th, and is celebrated by Christians across the world. All Saints Day commonly honors all those that have died for the church. Numerous individual saints have their very own feast days on the schedule throughout the year, however November 1 honors every one of them collectively. Not just that, if you share your name with one of the saints, then November 1 becomes your banquet day too.
In Italy, if you have the same name as a saint, their feast day is additionally a big day for you. You don’t get a sick day, but you might obtain presents or good wishes from friends and family. This is called your “onomastico,” or your “name day.”.
01.11.2015
Whole of Spain
Piazza Navone market
In December Piazza Navona, Rome’s Baroque square, is transformed right into a massive christmas market. You’ll find stands offering all kinds of Christmas sugary foods, toys, nativity dolls, designs, and gifts. There’s a merry-go-round and Babbo Natale, Father Christmas, makes an appearance to thrill the children.
December
Piazza Navone
Immaculate Conception
Several Christian communities around the globe yearly celebrate the Immaculate Conception on December 8. Today is a holy day of obligation where numerous Christians, especially of the Catholic faith, participate in special church services for this event. The banquet concentrates on the concept that the Virgin Mary was developed without a sin.
08.12.2015
Italy
Christmas in Rome
Rome is a top Italian city to check out throughout the Christmas holiday season because it’s the area where the party of Christmas originated. The very first Christmas mass was claimed at the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore and the earliest known permanent nativity was created for the Rome Jubilee in 1300.
Lots of people take the period from Christmas to the New Year off, with a few days thrown in on either side, so the streets and restaurants come alive with locals having fun with friends and family or shopping for eleventh hour presents. After that there are the events– lively markets, outdoor ice rinks, nativity scenes, choir performances and also religious parades. What’s not to enjoy?
25.12.2015
Rome
New Years Eve
Rome, the city of romance with wonderful past history can be the best the location for a New Year’s Eve celebration in Italy. It has numerous ways to celebrate the New Year. Of course you will witness the NYE fireworks from every corner of the city throughout the night. In the Christmas and New Yeart time of the year, the city blossoms with an extra average charm over her.
31.12.2015
Rome