Festa di San Francesco di Paola - Pitu e la Rocca
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Festa di San Francesco di Paola - Pitu e la Rocca

28 Aug 2025 — 31 Aug 2025
Viggianello — Potenza (076)

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Edition 2025 — Pitu e la Rocca

In 2025, the festival of San Francesco di Paola in Viggianello renewed the arboreal rite of the Pitu and the Rocca, with the felling, dragging, and erection of the two trees in the historic centre and the patronal procession, in the last week of August.

The 2025 edition of the festival of San Francesco di Paola confirmed the extraordinary strength of Viggianello's arboreal rite. In the last week of August, the Pollino community relived the various phases of the Pitu e la Rocca: from the felling of the two trees in the woods to their dragging to the historic centre, up to the climactic moment of erection and joining in the square. On Sunday, the solemn procession celebrated the patron saint San Francesco di Paola, sealing a festival that remains one of Basilicata's most defining events.

Where does it take place — Pitu e la Rocca

Centro storico di Viggianello

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Pitu e la Rocca in brief

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