- A walk to the ancient paper factories (May)
- “Settimana della carta d’Amalfi”, a week made
of seminars, reviews, meetings dedicated to the paper of Amalfi
(June)
- Art laboratories (summer)
- Miss Amalfi (August)
- “I luoghi del silenzio”, trekking through the silent
coast (June)
- Potatoes festival (August)
- Fashion defilè in Amalfi (August)
- Saint Anthony of Padua Feast, the statue of the Saint is embarked
by fishermen (13th June)
- San Giuseppe Lavoratore Feast: after the procession a bonfire
is lit (19th March)
- Saint Andrew the Patron Feast (30th November). In this day there
is the miracle of the patron. A liquid goes out from his tomb:
it’s called “manna”. A legend tells that Saint
Andrew saved the town from Barbarossa’s attack on the 27th
of June, 1544. The Saint provoked a terrible storm and Barbarossa’s
ships could not land. Each year in this date the statue of the
Saint is taken in a procession by white-dressed men. The procession
arrives to the beach then it goes back to the cathedral where
fisherman leave offerings to the Saint (fresh fish). In the evening
then there are wonderful fireworks.
- Pumpkin and courgette festival (August)
- “Natura Attiva” with excursions and walks (August)
- Middle Ages revival in the town (September)
- “Notturni d’incanto”, night shows in the streets
and small squares (September)
- Procession with the Dead Christ (Good Friday)
- Christmas night, the comet comes down from Ziro tower on Tabor
Mountain (24th December)
- Fireworks and Christmas songs (31st December)
- Lemon festival (September)
- “Regata Storica delle Repubbliche Marinare”, each
four years, in June, there is the traditional boat-race “Regata
Storica delle Repubbliche Marinare”, in Middle Ages costumes
made in 1950s by the scenographer Scielzo
Stefania Maffeo
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