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  • All Saints’ Day

    Romans visit the graves of loved ones.

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  • Carnival

    Dressing up, parties and pranks.

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  • Christmas Eve Midnight Mass

    Most churches celebrate the Saviour’s birth, but tickets are required for St Peter’s.

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  • Christmas Market

    Sugar candy, nativity figurines and all the Christmas trimmings.

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  • Easter Week

    Events include the Good Friday Procession of the Cross at the Colosseum and the Easter Sunday blessing from the balcony of St Peter’s.

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  • Feast of Sts Peter and Paul

    Fireworks and partying to celebrate the founders of the Catholic Church.

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  • Festa dell’Unità

    Put on by the DS, the former Communist Party, this is a lively evening event, featuring music, films, dancing, games and more, much of it free. The venue changes every year, as do the exact dates, but it’s usually held in a central park, sometime around July, for about a month.

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  • International Horse Show

    Villa Borghese’s annual splash-out for the equestrian classes. International show-jumping in this gorgeous garden setting. Much of the park is closed off for the event and its gala parties.

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  • La Festa de Noantri

    The effigy of the Madonna leaves Sant’Agata to reside in San Crisogono for two weeks.

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  • Madonna della Neve

    Commemorating a papal vision of an August snowfall in the 4th century, white petals float down from the ceiling of S Maria Maggiore.

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