Bettolle Celebrates Nativity with an Exhibition of Presepi
Christianity celebrates Nativity. The tradition of nativity scenes dates back to the 13th century.
St. Francis of Assisi in mid-December 1223, prepared a straw-filled manger complete with animals in a natural cave in the town of Greccio. That was the beginning of a tradition handed down through the centuries to our days.
Bettolle, a town of the municipality of Sinalinga, celebrates the 14th edition of “la mostra dei presepi”, a very popular Italian tradition, second to none this time of the year and just as popular in the province of Siena and Tuscany.
These works of art will be on display every day starting December 22nd through January 9th, from 10:00 to 12:30 in the mornings, from 15:00 to 19:00 in the afternoons/evenings on holidays and pre-festivity days. other week days opening hours are from 15:00 to 19:00.
On December 21st Santa Claus will arrive from the sky and on Christmas Day there will be music and Christmas Carols.
Bettolle is almost certainly of Etruscan decent, easily reachable from the Autostrada del Sole A1 Rome- Florence
More information and videos of the Presepi at http://www.presepi-bettolle.it/
lunedì 22 dicembre 2008 08:53
[...] tradition of presepi is present throughout Italy and Tuscany. In my last post I suggested you visit Bettolle the town of Presepi. For those interested in the art and creations related to the nativity, Natale nel mondo is another [...]