Festa Patronale di San Giovanni Battista - Giugno Mottese

A month of festivities in the Ticino Park

Motta Visconti, a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Milan nestled in the Ticino Park, experiences June as its most festive period. The 'Giugno Mottese' is a widespread calendar of events — theatre performances, concerts, sporting events, food festivals ('sagre') — that enlivens the town throughout the month, culminating in the patronal feast of San Giovanni Battista.

The patron saint San Giovanni Battista

San Giovanni Battista is the patron saint of Motta Visconti, and his feast day falls on June 24th. The religious and civil program is concentrated in the final days of the month: the dinner in the piazza on the eve, the solemn procession with the Saint's effigy through the town streets, and the band concert in the setting of Villa Incisa Park. It is a moment of strong community identity, where devotion and conviviality merge.

The final fireworks display

Closing the 'Giugno Mottese' is the grand fireworks display, which lights up the sky above the town and welcomes the arrival of summer. Amidst theatre, live music, motorcycle rallies, dance recitals, and organ and choir concerts, the month of festivities involves associations, the parish oratory, the Pro Loco (local tourism board), and the entire community of Motta Visconti.

An event that well tells the soul of the towns in the southern Milanese area, where the patron saint's feast remains the thread that holds the community together.