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historical re-enactment

Feste Aragonesi di Montalbano Elicona

A historical re-enactment in Montalbano Elicona, Messina, Sicily. It is usually held in August.

45th edition of historical Aragonese festival celebration.

We publish the month, not the dates: this one comes back every year and the comune sets the days. Confirm with siciliainfesta.com before you travel.

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Other festivals in the same month, in towns we hold a measured distance to.

Around this

Everything else on in Sicily in August, the whole country in August, or the year in full in The Italian Year. And the town itself: Montalbano Elicona.

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