Highlighted events
August-September: Festival of the Nations
In the beautiful frame offered by the old
town centre of Città di Castello take place open-air concerts of chamber music and
theatre performances with artists, who come every year from
another country, which is the guest of the event, and so the double purpose is
achieved of enhancing the artistic and cultural heritage present in the Upper
Tiber valley and of developing the integration and cooperation between the
European people.
Other events in the town of Città di Castello
September: National Horse Exhibition - It is the second important expository
place in
Italy after the fair at
Verona for thousands of horse races, which compete in
different kinds of competitions and are admired by enthusiasts, curious and
insiders.
October: Fair of the Concrete Utopia - It is dedicated to the elaboration and
experimentation of solutions, which make the lifestyle of man ecologically
compatible in society and environment.
November: Exhibition Market of the Truffle and the Produces of the Forest - Exhibition market where the products of
biological agriculture, of the forest and the precious truffles, particularly
the white truffles, are exposed and sold. Within this initiative is organized a
competition to win a prize for cartoons and a journalistic prize, both of them
on the background of the
truffle.
December–January: Exhibition of Napolitan Cribs - In Christmas time are invited to decorate
their proper crib the local and the Umbrian artists as well as the
Amici
del Presepe di Napoli, the
enthusiasts of Neapolitan cribs.
June: Exhibition of reproduction and antique furniture - The best pieces of the local artisanship
and antique furniture are exposes here.
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