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Manifestazione Mistirs a Paularo (Mistirs fair in Paularo)

The Mistirs fair is a well-known event that takes place in Paularo every last weekend of August. It is s very significant event for the community both internally and externally, since many tourists visit during this period and thus it has become the main showcase of the attractions offered by the whole valley. During the fair visitors can taste typical products, buy local crafts and attend traditional works live demonstrations. Many villagers think that the fair should be further developed, in order to be even more attractive.

La manifestazione Mistirs è ormai un appuntamento annuale classico per la vallata di Paularo. Si tiene l’ultimo fine settimana di Agosto e rappresenta un momento molto significativo per la vita comunitaria del paese e per l’attrattività turistica della vallata. Nel contesto della festa, ci sono esibizioni, dimostrazioni, degustazioni eno-gastronomiche, mercatini di artigianato e di prodotti locali. Per il Comune è la principale vetrina verso l’esterno e merita di essere sviluppato e ampliato, a parere di molti paularini.
Paularo Paularo - FRIULI VENEZIA – GIULIA, ITALIA
Tourist experience: Participation to the fair (tastings, traditional work demonstrations, possibility to buy local crafts).

L’esperienza turistica è la partecipazione alla manifestazione, con tutta una serie di proposte eno-gastronomiche e dimostrative delle tradizioni locali.
Spoken languages: Italian, English
Experience duration: One or two days (Saturday and Sunday)

Uno o due giorni (sabato e Domenica)
Opening: Every year, last weekend of August

L’ultimo fine settimana di Agosto
Booking: Not needed.
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: No limitations

La manifestazione è fruibile da tutti
Local popolarity: 9
Destination influence: 10
Tourist contact: Dina Pellizzotti
Categories
Cultural immaterial heritage: Handicrafts (such as embroidery, carving), Local events (theatre, music, dance, exhibitions), Local markets, Folkloristic dances, Traditional work
Local contact: Dina Pellizzotti
Form filler: Anna Somma

Villa Minini

In the list of the castles of Manzano among the totally destroyed, there also that of Rodegliano which would have existed in the locality of the same name, now Rodeano (high and low), approximately seven kilometers west of Fagagna, six kilometers south of San Daniele and six kilometers east of Tagliamento river.
One of his lords would have been “D. Henricus de Rodeano” (1220), Enrico de Rodegliano, with Volvileo di Castelnuovo, Enrico di Flagogna, Corrado di Meduno, Volchero di Toppo e Ugerlo di Fanna, distinguish gentleman of that era, was a witness to the contract concluded in February 1220 for which Randolfo and Alberto, sons of Uramo di Toppo, ceded the castle and the jurisdiction of Toppo, Traneb and other places from which an income was obtained to the brothers Engelpretto, Brisa e Varnero (di Sifrido) di Ragogna. 
By decree of the Venetian Senate (2 June 1678) and with the ducal of Most Serene Prince Alvise Contarini (8 August), the noble Riccardo Elti was invested, also for his male descendants, with the jurisdiction of the Villas of Rodeano and Rive d’Arcano to which the count’s title was united.
If the Manzano list says is true… in the same place stands the fourth building, surrounded by a solid wall, flanked by two towers with a medieval look with is located in the square of High Rodeano and that it was already owned by Elti Counts ad now it belongs to the Minini family from the early 1900s. Villa Minini is on three floors which developed a total area of 960 square meters. Each floor is characterized by a very generously sized central body from which it is possible to access four rooms on either side of the same. The villa is immersed in the greenery being surrounded by a garden of 2500 square meters from which it is possible to access, through a suggestive tree-lined avenue of thirteen hectares of property grown organically. 
Also part of the complex are the appurtenances such as the former spinning mill, the tables and the turret, all in exposed stone.
Via Carpacco 25 Rodeano Alto - Friuli Venezia Giulia
Tourist experience: Visiting the estate and take a walk in the countryside.
Spoken languages: Italian, English, Deutsche
Experience duration: 1 hour
Opening: Upon request
Booking: Upon request
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: N/A
Local popolarity: 5
Destination influence: 5
Categories
Cultural material heritage: Historic house
Cultural immaterial heritage: Historical itinerary, Local traditions or legend
Natural heritage: Naturalistic itineraries, Hills, Flora, Fauna
Hidden tangible patrimony: Landscapes, Pathways
Hidden intangible patrimony: Local customs, Family tales
Experiences: Showing around
Form filler: Marco Zilli

Dialect and oral traditions

In Italy, dialects have always played an important role. Since the Middle Ages, these languages, which were born from spoken Latin and then evolved during centuries, were used to communicate and they were part of daily life. At least until the unification of Italy, dialects were spoken by the majority of people, since Italian was used only in written forms and spoken by a limited group of rich and intellectual people. Hedda Forlivesi, an 81 years old brilliant woman, writes poems in Romagnolo dialect, which is difficult to understand and has distinctive and unique features because of the long political isolation of Romagna during the period of Esercato in Ravenna.
Corso Garibaldi, 125 Alfonsine - Italy/Ravenna/Emilia Romagna
Photo gallery (2 images)
Video (1 video)
Audio (1 audio)
Tourist experience: Listen to memories and traditions in Romagnolo dialect narrated by Hedda, who has a deep knowledge of customs and habits of Alfonsine’ residents during and immediately after WW2.
Experience duration: 1-2 hours
Opening: On request
Booking: Yes
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: The experience is accessible to anyone.
Hedda Forlivesi’s house might have limitations for people with mobility problems.
Local popolarity: 10
Destination influence: 1
Tourist contact: Edda Forlivesi
Categories
Cultural immaterial heritage: Local traditions or legend
Hidden intangible patrimony: Local customs, Community tales, Family tales
Local contact: Edda Forlivesi
Form filler: Tristana Randi

Maitunate

Celebrate the beginning of a new year with music and songs in dialect, better known by locals as "Maitunate", is a common habit in many villages in Molise and in Campobasso too. Groups of musicians meet in the streets of the old town to sing improvised and funny verses. They go on all night long and enter in the houses of the neighbors to bring joy just asking for a glass of wine.
Old town Campobasso - Italy/Campobasso/Molise
Tourist experience: Participation to the event/show
Spoken languages: Italian, local dialect
Experience duration: all night long
Opening: 1st of January from 00:01 am and 17th of January from 20:00 pm
Booking: No booking required
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: Public square with no access limitations
Local popolarity: 8
Destination influence: 4
Categories
Cultural immaterial heritage: Local traditions or legend, Local events (theatre, music, dance, exhibitions)
Hidden intangible patrimony: Local customs, Community tales
Experiences: musical and theatral shows, Popular tradition (Sant'Antonio's Bonfire on the 17th of January)
Form filler: Michele Fratino

Misteri Procession

Today the parade has almost the same characteristics of the ancient one that took place in 1700. In the morning of Corpus Christi, the actors, the carriers and the marching bands meet at the Museum, where the structures are kept. At 10 o'clock the carriers raise the Misteri and begin to march swaying to the rhythm of the musical motif. The thirteen Misteri cross the old town following a precise order, touching the balconies, stopping and continuing to parade among thousands of people. At Around 1 pm, in Piazza Municipio, the procession receives the solemn blessing of the Bishop and returns in the museum rooms where the structures are kept.
Largo San Leonardo Campobasso - Italy/Campobasso/Molise
Photo gallery (4 images)
Video (1 video)
Tourist experience: The parade is definitely one of the most engaging experiences to do in Campobasso, it is interesting to follow the procession for all the time and appreciate the evocative perspective games that Misteri create passing through the narrow alleys of the old town. Between the euphoria of the crowd and the impetuosity of the carriers, funny moments arise in which the sense of belonging to one’s Mistero is highlighted. The fight between the devils who try to make the charming and impassive Tunzella smile is one of the most famous and waited moment of the whole event.
Spoken languages: Italian, local dialect
Experience duration: 4 hours
Opening: Corpus Christi Sunday
From 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Booking: No booking required
Less than 20 min by walk from the nearest accommodation, car parking or bus station
Accessibility: There are no accessibility problems. The event takes place between the city streets.
Local popolarity: 10
Destination influence: 9
Categories
Cultural material heritage: Historical centre, metal structures on wooden bases, carried on men’s shoulders
Cultural immaterial heritage: Historical itinerary, Religious cult, Local traditions or legend, Handicrafts (such as embroidery, carving), Cultural heritage, historical procession, Historical event
Hidden tangible patrimony: Pathways, Family photos related to particular events/occasions (e.g. photos of leisure time related to the place, feasts: the images should not have not been used before)
Hidden intangible patrimony: Local customs
Experiences: Showing around
Form filler: Michele Fratino
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