Festa della Vite, the first bundle of the Fòcara in Novoli
A procession lays the first bundle of vine cuttings for the Fòcara, on a December Sunday.
📅 A Sunday in mid-December (2025: 14 December; 2023: 17 December) — exact dates to be confirmed
📍 Procession starts in Piazza Aldo Moro
🧭 Novoli
🕒 Procession at 10:30 am (2025)
À PROPOS DE Festa della Vite, the first bundle of the Fòcara in Novoli
In Novoli, the Festa della Vite marks the start of work on the Fòcara, the great January bonfire in honour of Saint Anthony the Abbot: a procession accompanies the laying of the first bundle of vine cuttings. In 2025 it set off from Piazza Aldo Moro on Sunday 14 December at 10:30 am; in 2023 the festival took place on Sunday 17 December.
Photo: il Tacco di Bacco
