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All Saints' Day celebrations and solemn ...
In Controguerra, the Month of the Dead is solemnized with th ...
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Bellavita evening
Charity evening with tasting of the best local wines. It is ...
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Christmas celebrations and events
The Controguerra Christmas is solemnized with the important ...
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Corpus Domini celebrations (May or June)
On the anniversary of Corpus Domini a procession is held wit ...
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Customs and ancient celebrations for All ...
On All Saints' Day a procession was held, in which the faith ...
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Customs and traditions of Carnival (Janu ...
During the Carnival period, costumes (masks) were made which ...
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Don Alfonso Panichi di Ercole e Aurelia ...
Born in Controguerra on 13 June 1941 to Ercole and Aurelia C ...
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Don Francesco Pergolini di Emidio e Rosa ...
Don Francesco Pergolini was born in Roseto degli Abruzzi, to ...
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Don Oderico (Ercole, Fiorenzo) Paolini d ...
He was born in Controguerra on 5 October 1883. He felt a rel ...
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Engagement and marriage
Once upon a time, engagement was not an easy thing: two youn ...
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Francesco Crescenzi di Camillo e Palma S ...
Francesco Crescenzi was born in Controguerra on 11 July 1865 ...
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Giovanni Amadio di Achille e Diana D’A ...
He was born in Controguerra on 15 October 1890. He studied a ...
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Hannibal in Controguerra
The archaeological evidence – in particular the discov ...
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Historic Friday Market (every Friday)
The market which is still held weekly, every Friday, in Piaz ...
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La Candelora (February 2)
On the occasion of the religious celebration of Candlemas, o ...
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La Candelora (February 2)
Even today, this Christian recurrence is solemnized with an ...
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Motherhood and birth
When a male child was born, an iron object was given as a gi ...
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Padre Armando Quaglia di Filippo e Grazi ...
Father Armando Quaglia was born in Controguerra, to Filippo ...
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Padre Guido Costantini di Emilia e Franc ...
Originally from Controguerra, he was born on February 2, 189 ...
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Pasquale (Carlino, Maria) Cataldi di Giu ...
He was born in Controguerra on 26 September 1891. On 28 Octo ...
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Popular medicine: herbal teas and natura ...
Once upon a time, diseases and epidemics decimated the popul ...
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San Biagio and the blessing of the throa ...
The anniversary of San Biagio, on February 3, is deeply felt ...
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San Biagio and the blessing of the throa ...
Unlike other customs, the traditions of the day of San Biagi ...
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San Pasquale Baylon (May 17)
On the day dedicated to the patron saint of Controguerra, a ...
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The bombardment of Controguerra
Among the interviews conducted with the elderly of the villa ...
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The celebrations in honor of San Rocco ( ...
On the day of San Rocco, August 16, it was customary to cele ...
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The celebrations in honor of Sant'Antoni ...
The feast of Sant'Antonio Abate was deeply felt because in a ...
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The chestnut party and the San Martino r ...
In 2019 the Corsa di San Martino reached its XXXIII edition, ...
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The Controguerra Wine Bike (August)
The Controguerra Wine Bike is a successful non-competitive o ...
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The effigy of the Virgin with Child comi ...
Alfonso Panichi has collected a legend relating to the sacre ...
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The Feast of Madonna delle Grazie (July ...
A deeply felt festival in Controguerra is the one celebrated ...
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The feast of San Benedetto Abate, patron ...
On the anniversary of the patron saint, March 21, a solemn m ...
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The Feast of St. Giovanni Battista (June ...
In Controguerra, in ancient times, there were three churches ...
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The Food and Wine Festival (end of July- ...
In 1985 the first Food and Wine Festival was held and since ...
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The funeral
When a family member passed away, it was not customary to pl ...
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The ghost of San Venanzio
Once a boy from Controguerra who had gone to San Benedetto d ...
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The Ghost of the Customs Captain
According to a popular legend, on certain nights of the year ...
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The Golden Bell
According to a legend, already known to Alfonso Panichi, in ...
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The Good Friday Procession and the Livin ...
Among the rites of the Easter season we must remember the pr ...
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The grotta of Crescenzi
It is said that a cave was dug under Palazzo Massimi-Crescen ...
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The hanged man on the oak of the Torrion ...
The elders used to tell that on full moon nights, among the ...
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The hidden statues
In the 1960s, Don Francesco Pergolini, the town's parish pri ...
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The Immaculate Conception (8 December), ...
The night before the anniversary of the Immaculate Conceptio ...
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The Marian Month (May)
During the month of May various celebrations of a religious ...
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The mass and the feast of the Cona churc ...
In the small church of Cona (Maria Santissima dell'Immacolat ...
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The new Year
The entrance to the new year today is solemnized by families ...
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The new Year. The puppet fire. New Year' ...
A custom on New Year's Eve that became established in the 19 ...
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The passage of the bulls under the fount ...
It was believed that on particular nights, in the valley bel ...
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The peasant world. The reed crosses. Wea ...
The peasant world is rich in ancestral customs, which in rec ...
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The procession of the dead
On an unspecified day in the 1930s, before sunrise, Mrs. Ant ...
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The riot of the witches in the crossing ...
One day some boys heard some elders tell them that if they p ...
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The rites in honor of the Madonna delle ...
The feast in honor of the Madonna delle Grazie, celebrated o ...
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The stick of San Giacomo della Marca
The story of the stick of San Giacomo is not exactly a legen ...
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The tradition of the foundation of the C ...
Don Alfonso Panichi reports a legend he collected on the bui ...
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The treasure of the Church of the Madonn ...
This sacred place has been the subject of myths and legends ...
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The treasure of the friars
Another legend, also known to Panichi and with a similar ten ...
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The Triduum in honor of San Francesco (O ...
As evidence of the ancient devotion to St. Francis of Assisi ...
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The werewolf
Descending towards Piane Tronto there was the house of a wir ...
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The widower and the wedding dress
Once a young widower had delayed finishing a job in the coun ...
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Traditions of the Christmas and Epiphany ...
The Christmas period was solemnized by some rituals that bro ...
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Traditions of the Easter period. Li vatt ...
Easter was a deeply felt event, both in the town and in the ...
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Travel Culture Festival
The Travel Culture Festival is an interesting cultural initi ...
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Wine festival (first half of July)
The Wine Festival has been held annually, for over twenty ye ...
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news and events
I was born on twenty-one in spring
Culture
04 August 2023
"I was born on twenty-one in spring" is a meeting of sounds ...
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36th Controguerra Festival
Food and wine
25 July 2023 > 30 July 2023
The Controguerra Food and Wine Festival, now in its XXXVI ed ...
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Presentation of VisitControguerra
Culture
24 June 2023
Introducing the new brand of tourist destination and territo ...
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