The Santa Rosalia festival in July has become increasingly popular in the past years as it is used as a political antimafia symbol. Saint Rosalia is said to have saved the city from a plague epidemic. July 2008. La fête de Sainte Rosalie en juillet est de plus en plus populaire ces dernières années car…

This religious celebration in honor of Saint Rosalie, called the festino, is held each year mid-July. In the evening of July 15, a sacred procession with the reliquary of the Saint (kept in Palermo’s cathedral) goes down Corso Vittorio Emmanuele, preceded by the banners of many pious societies. July 2008. Cette fête religieuse en l’honneur…