21st July 2016
There were a lot of reasons why I would like to visit Sicily but one of them was the festival which commemorates mother of Racalmuto. It takes places on the second weekend of July every year.
Racalmuto is a small town in the province of Agrigento in Sicily ( Italy). The small town which is famous for its mother of Racalmuto.
According to legend a noble man or a prince found a statue of Mary at the coast of Africa in 1503 and decided to bring it to Italy. His home was near Racalmuto
When the ox cart got the village the oxen stopped and refused to move. So the church dedicated to Madonna was built on this spot where car stopped in 1503.
The church Madonna of Mountains
And the festival begins.....
Be continue tomorrow.
Beautiful interior design of church. Looking forward to know more about the festival.
ReplyDeleteit is going to be tomorrow
DeleteBeautiful images. So, did this follow a few days after the Virgin of Carmen festival or is this the festival you were talking about (different from ours here).
ReplyDeleteThose are huge animals! It would be hard to get them to move if they didn't want to. Beautiful church.
ReplyDeleteCynthia it was very hard to contoll them several men did it
DeleteThe church does not look very big but it is very grand.
ReplyDeleteAndrew you are right but interior design is wonderful..
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