{"id":1054,"date":"2023-04-02T02:52:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T02:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2023-09-21T16:25:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:25:56","slug":"easter-holidays-in-italia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danteinlinea.com\/blog\/en\/easter-holidays-in-italia\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter holidays in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Italy is famous for its spectacular Easter celebrations, with Italians flocking to churches and taking to the streets in parades to commemorate the most important week in the Christian calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All over the peninsula, both in large cities and tiny villages, processions weave their way through narrow streets, ancient old towns and main squares until finally they arrive at the local  Cathedral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, Easter also signals the arrival of Spring<\/strong>, and many pagan traditions that used to mark the arrival of the \u00abbeautiful season<\/strong>\u00bb have been incorporated into the religious festivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vatican City is a major draw for visitors during Holy Week, but all over Italy there are religious processions and services \u2013 some traditional, some not-so-much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each region has a interesting holy week schedule<\/strong> with rituals, processions, and with thousands passion plays on Good Friday throughout Italy (read more about Easter in Puglia, Campania, Florence, Sardinia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Easter Sunday is a big deal in Italy, but it doesn\u2019t start there. Holy Week begins the Sunday before, on Palm Sunday, and there are religious services and processions throughout the week leading up to Easter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festivities continue throughout Holy Week, culminating on Easter Sunday, when families enjoy a lunch based on roast lamb and specially-prepared cakes. Pasquetta (Easter Monday) is traditionally the first chance for a spring outing in the year, when Italians head for parks, woods and nature reserves to have a picnic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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