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Festivals & traditions in Procida
The Misteri remade from scratch every year, the Sagra del Mare, the two San Michele dates: festivals the island puts on for itself, not for anyone watching.
Monuments & sites
Abbey of San Michele Arcangelo
The church at the top of Terra Murata: monastic presence documented from 1026, sixteenth-century architecture, free entry and a guided explanation offered by the volunteers.
Casale Vascello
A seventeenth-century fortified courtyard settlement, the first nucleus to grow up outside the walls of Terra Murata: houses built up against each other around a large court, still lived in.
Santa Maria della Pietà
The church you see first arriving by sea: built by the shipowners of the Pio Monte dei Marinai in 1616, with the baroque bell tower and the four-faced clock.
Neighbourhoods
Marina Corricella
The oldest fishing village on the island, an amphitheatre of pastel houses on the water: no cars, four stairways to come down and the tables on the quay.
Marina Grande
Procida’s harbour front: ferries, Via Roma, the church of Santa Maria della Pietà, the bus terminus and two small beaches a few minutes from the quay.
Terra Murata
The island’s fortified acropolis, at about 91 metres: the abbey of San Michele, the former prison of Palazzo d’Avalos, two historic gates and the view over the Corricella.
Festivals & events
8 May and 29 September, every yearThe patron saint, Barbarossa and the debt of 1535
Festa di San Michele Arcangelo
Two fixed dates a year for the patron saint: 8 May, the more deeply felt, with the procession from the Abbey to the Corricella, and 29 September. Free.
Good Friday, every yearThe Good Friday procession, from 1600 to today
Processione dei Misteri
On Good Friday the island carries 40 to 60 Misteri in procession, built again from scratch every year. Assembly by 05:00, departure at 07:30. Free.
In June, for about five daysThe literary festival that writes the island’s people
Procida Racconta
Six authors spend days on the island, each gathers the story of one Procidan and turns it into a short story, read in public in front of the real person.
Late July / early AugustThe festival the island puts on for itself, for seventy-six editions
Sagra del Mare
Eleven days of celebrations all over the island: the election of the Graziella, the sea games and the remembrance of those lost at sea. Free entry to events in the squares.
