Madonna della Scala Festival
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Madonna della Scala Festival

25 Apr 2025 — 11 May 2025
Massafra — Taranto (073)

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Edition 2025 — Madonna della Scala

In 2025, Massafra once again celebrated its patron saint with the traditional Madonna della Scala Festival, culminating on the first Sunday of May. A novena at the rock-hewn sanctuary, solemn processions, the ritual handing over of the city keys to the Virgin, illuminations, brass band concerts, and fireworks marked the days of the festival, drawing faithful and visitors to the heart of the Apulian ravines.

The 2025 Madonna della Scala Festival

The 2025 edition of the Madonna della Scala Festival renewed a centuries-old devotion in Massafra, with festivities concentrated around the first Sunday of May. As per tradition, the novena prepared the community for the solemn day, celebrated in the rock-hewn sanctuary carved into the ravine.

The festival featured the handing over of the city keys to the Madonna by civil and religious authorities, processions along the streets of the historic center with the gold and ivory-adorned statue, artistic illuminations, brass band concerts on the bandstand, and evening fireworks. An event that every year unites faith and popular tradition in the Municipality of Massafra, in the province of Taranto.

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