Christmas in Palazzolo Acreide

From the typical products of pastry iblea like panettone, the itinerary of nativity scenes in churches. Traditional lighting of the tallest tree in Sicily on the facade of the Basilica of San Sebastiano in Piazza del Popolo. The demonstrations kick off today 8 December with a day of great celebration dedicated to Immaculate, In the afternoon there is a procession. During the holidays there is the representation of "living Nativity” .

At the Museum of the Nativity, Exposure of many “craft cribs“, work of the decorator John Palazzolo Leone, They are inspired by country life Iblei and often as background buildings Palazzolo. We can also admire numerous handcrafted nativity scenes at The House-Museum Antonino Uccello

The Giovanni Leone Nativity Scene Museum was born from the taste of ethno-anthropological research and from careful observations of the urban and landscape morphology of the places. His cognitive commitment was not resolved, indeed, in a pedant plastic reconstruction of lost inhabited, but he interpreted the deepest feelings of the populations who inhabited the Anapo Valley. He reconstructs like this, with the taste of ” capriccio “, the village can of people who were and still breathe in the limestone rocks of the Iblei territories. The Giovanni Leone cribs were placed on the List of Intangible Heritage of Local Interest (REIL) aimed at the identification, inventory, preservation and promotion of Intangible Heritage of the local territorial interest, according to the principles laid down by’ UNESCO. The three cribs can be visited: in Via Padre Giacinto headquarters, 30 – in the historic center of Palazzolo Acreide (behind the Basilica of St. Sebastian), by contacting the Cultural Association “Icaro”.