FAI opens 40 Christmas events at 22 historic sites across Italy until January 6, 2025

The FAI – Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano is organizing 40 festive events at 22 historic sites throughout Italy, running until January 6, 2025. These venues encompass castles, villas, and abbeys, offering a variety of cultural experiences such as markets, concerts, shopping, and workshops. Special thematic tours will showcase Christmas customs, including the Valperga family's traditions at Castello di Masino and table-setting practices at Villa Della Porta Bozzolo. Musical performances will feature traditional concerts in Assisi and Assemini, gospel music in Recanati, and 'strine' songs in Lecce. Notable nativity displays include a peasant presepio in Agrigento and a Neapolitan presepio at Villa Della Porta Bozzolo, alongside workshops on medieval calligraphy and herbal liqueur-making. Markets will present artisanal goods to support FAI’s cultural initiatives.