Festa di San Pietro sul Monte Antola

The festival of the flowering mountain

Monte Antola, with its 1597 metres, is one of the most beloved peaks of the Ligurian Apennines, famous for its spring blooms. In the municipality of Propata, in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, the Festa di San Pietro takes place every year at the end of June, organised in collaboration between the Antola Regional Natural Park, the Rifugio Parco Antola, the Parish and the Municipality.

Between torchlight procession and sunrise

The festival combines hiking and spirituality: in the evening, dinner at the refuge with traditional music precedes the evocative torchlight procession from the chapel to the illuminated summit cross. At dawn, the guided excursion "Facciamo l'Alba" (Let's Do the Sunrise) takes participants to the top to await the sunrise, followed by other guided walks ascending from various slopes.

High-altitude mass

The climax is the solemn mass celebrated outdoors, with the participation of alpine groups, followed by refreshments with music and dancing. An authentic festival celebrating nature, tradition, faith and conviviality, in one of the symbolic places of the Antola Park. The summit chapel is the destination of a small mountain pilgrimage.