Tortone Festival in Sperlinga
The Sagra del Tortone in Sperlinga takes place on 16 August with the traditional Historical Procession of the Lady of the Castles of Sicily.
On the day of celebration, the streets and squares of the town come alive thanks to shows by flag-wavers, musicians, acrobats and falconers. In the afternoon the tortone festival begins where the merchants offer local handicraft products, sweets, legume soup dishes, good wine and the Tortone, a typical sweet made of kneaded and leavened flour and olive oil, sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.
On the occasion of the festival, the Corteo Storico Dama dei Castelli di Sicilia takes place, made up of about 30 delegations from the villages belonging to the Gallo-Italic lands who play ladies and knights representing the noble families who dominated the castle of Sperlinga.
The Election of the Lady of the Castles of Sicily takes place in the square in front of the castle and the re-enactment of the episode of the siege of the castle which made Sperlinga famous during the Vespro Revolution, in 1283.
The celebrations end with musical fireworks.
Dates and Scheduling
16 Aug 2024
15:00 Stand opening of the XLII Tortone Festival
18:00 Opening of the XXII Dama dei Castelli di Sicilia
It takes calm by and with Gianmarco Amato balancing-juggling
group of flag-wavers and musicians Civitas Nicosiae
Piazza Marconi
19:00 Tip tap poum
by and with Rolando Rondinelli music and clowns
Piazza San Giovanni Battista
20:00 Confused girl
by and with Michela Samaki
Via Gragnano angolo via Castello
21:00 Presentation of the Ladies for the XXII edition of the Dama dei Castelli di Sicilia
Alternating performances of
dance with fire with Claudia Brida Luna
Aerial acrobatics with Serena fede
and the historical re-enactment of the Sicilian Vespers by the Cuntista Salvatore Tringali
Piazza Castello
Followed by proclamation of the Lady of the Castles
Closing with the pyromusical show from the Castle terraces
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