food festival

Sagra del Piccione

Name: Sagra del Piccione
Location: Cortona

A food festival in Cortona, Arezzo, Tuscany. It is usually held across July and August.

Celebration featuring roasted pigeon and traditional mountain dishes held at the sports field of Montecchio fraction.

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

The same month, nearby

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

Everything else on in Tuscany in July, the whole country in July, or the year in full in The Italian Year. And the town itself: Cortona.

The Sunday letter

Every Sunday we send one letter. The week's town, what is worth eating there, and when to turn up. It is free, and you can leave whenever you like.

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