The Parade of Santa Rita in Castelvetrano in Sicily
Castelvetrano, in the Sicilian province of Trapani, is known to most in its territory because there is the beautiful archaeological park of Selinunte, the largest archaeological park in Europe, where they still see the remains several temples (including well-preserved of Era ), Arranged around all’acropoli, the lifeblood of Greek cities in antiquity. Selinunte, built around the seventh century BC by Greek colonists was destroyed once by the Carthaginians and a second time and adopted by the Romans around the mid-third century BC, after they had won the first Punic War.
A Castelvetrano Sunday, May 18 will take place on Historical Santa Rita and nobility castelvetranese, giuntò now the 6th edition, where listed, crossing in the parade in their costumes vintage, the streets and squares of the city, represent the life of Santa through the composition of 7 different historical paintings.
This year onwards, each framework, put on stage in 7 different squares of the city (Stepped Station, Nino Bixio, Queen Margherita, Charles of Aragon, Giacomo Matteotti, Archimedes, Diodorus Siculus), set up with games of light, drapes and flowers, will be shown (told) a cuntastori that:
costume fifteenth, which rhymes in the Sicilian dialect, tells each framework with specific references to the life of St.
The official site of the Parade of Santa Rita.
The archaeological park of Selinunte.
The photograph was charged by Alec on the Commons and resumed the Cathedral Church of Castelvetrano.