Maggio Rodigino - Spring of Culture
A month of culture, dialogue, and discussion in Rovigo
About Maggio Rodigino
The Spring of Polesine Culture
Maggio Rodigino - Spring of Culture is the event that enlivens Rovigo, the capital of Polesine in Veneto, for an entire month. Promoted by the Foundation for the Development of Polesine, it intertwines conferences, concerts, exhibitions, intercultural dialogues, and events dedicated to schools and citizens, spread across the city's historic palaces, theatres, museums, and squares — from Palazzo Roncale to Palazzo Angeli, from the Temple of the Virgin of Mercy (the Rotonda) to Piazza Annonaria.
A Different Theme Each Year
Each edition is built around a major cultural issue, developed with a multidisciplinary approach that connects culture, history, geopolitics, environment, and gastronomy. The festival focuses on the "social dimension of culture," involving scholars, artists, young people, and communities in an open dialogue.
Culture as Dialogue
Through international conferences, interfaith dialogues, musical events, and initiatives for schools, Maggio Rodigino offers Rovigo and Polesine a dense and free program that enhances the city''s heritage and makes it a space for meeting and reflection. The closing, usually entrusted to a major popular event in the square, seals a month of participation.
Maggio Rodigino — edition 2026
The 2026 edition of Maggio Rodigino, the ninth, focused on the Mediterranean — "its spirit, its time, its utopia" — as a complex cultural, historical, and geopolitical space. From May 3rd to 29th, Rovigo hosted conferences, dialogues on migration and identity, international law and geopolitics meetings, musical moments, and sporting and gastronomic events. The program, promoted by the Foundation for the Development of Polesine, involved historic palaces, theatres, museums, and city squares.
Programme Maggio Rodigino 2026
Opening — May 3rd
- Inaugural concert at the Temple of the Virgin of Mercy (the Rotonda)
The Weeks of the Mediterranean
- Conferences on migration, identity, and dialogue between cultures
- Geopolitics and international law meetings
- Interfaith dialogues
- Musical, sporting, and gastronomic events at Palazzo Roncale, Palazzo Angeli, and city squares
Grand Finale — May 24th
- 6:00 PM, Piazza Annonaria: the group Ande Cante e Bali in "Songs and Dances of the Countries Bordering the Mediterranean", a popular festival open to all
Full program at maggiorodigino.com.
Highlights Maggio Rodigino 2026
Prices Maggio Rodigino 2026
Practical information — Maggio Rodigino
How to Get There
Rovigo is on the A13 motorway and on the Bologna-Padova and Verona-Rovigo railway lines. Events take place in the palaces and squares of the historic centre, a few minutes from the station.
When
Throughout the month of May (in 2026 from May 3rd to 29th).
Admission and Information
Most events are free admission. Program available on maggiorodigino.com and on the channels of the Foundation for the Development of Polesine.
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Where does it take place — Maggio Rodigino
Palazzi e piazze del centro storico di Rovigo