Wonder among the mountains
From Baragazza, it is possible to climb up to a place that smells of enchantment and wonder: the Boccadirio Sanctuary. Step by step you immerse yourself in a mountain landscape steeped in sacred magic, where the stories of a famous apparition blend with art, legends and religious cults of ancient times.
A jewel of religious architecture
Born from the legend that joins the sacred tales handed down from generation to generation, the Sanctuary of Boccadirio will immediately make you breathe that air of strong sacredness with ancient and authentic roots, a spiritual magic that transcends religious beliefs and that has always belonged to them places.
The Sanctuary area and its surroundings, since ancient times, is part of a vast mountain area, linked to religious memories, of Christianity, but also of Roman and Etruscan paganism.
Furthermore, every sacred temple is a stage for pilgrimages and even more so when it is located in strategic places, just like this one.
From Boccadirio and from the County of Castiglione passed the most demanding routes that connected the south and north of the peninsula. Going up to Monte Tavianella, one descended towards Montepiano, to flow into the heart of Tuscany and with the growth of the Sanctuary and its religious fame, many curious travelers joined the pilgrims.
Domenica 8/12
“Si accende il Natale a Castiglione”
Domenica 15/12
“Pepoli for Christmas”
Dalle ore 10:00 - Via G. Pepoli si anima con: Casa degli Elfi Caldarroste e vin brulé Aperitivi con musica Shopping natalizio con mercatini dei commercianti
Domenica 22/12
“Ultime creazioni per il Natale”
Dalle ore 10:00 - Mercato Genuino vicino alla casa di Babbo Natale, con i prodotti del territorio, perfetti anche per regali dal sapore locale
Ore 16:30 - il Coro castiglionese e il Coro della Chiesa vi terranno compagnia per le vie del paese
Dalle ore 17:00 - in Piazza e al Parco della Rimembranza: Laboratori per bambini nella Casa di Babbo Natale nella sede della Pro loco, Tutte le attività commerciali vi aspettano con tante proposte a tema e sapori del territorio, Aperitivo al Bar Gambero, Stand con caldarroste e vin brulè e tanto altro
Martedì 24/12
“OH OH OH... Arriva Babbo Natale”
Dalle ore 10:00 - Mercato Genuino vicino alla casa di Babbo Natale presso la Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, con i prodotti del territorio, perfetti anche per regali dal sapore locale
Ore 15:30 - Babbo Natale per le vie del paese, vi aspetta con tanti regali per tutti i bambini nella sua Casa alla Pro Loco
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Musica con la Banda Sisto Predieri di Castiglione dei Pepoli per le vie del paese
A legendary apparition
It is said that two little shepherds, on 14 July 1480 while grazing, in the middle of a religious stop on the slopes of Mount Tavianella, saw the Blessed Virgin who spoke in white robes, to tell them that in that place a temple was to be built in Her honor. The small church that was immediately built on the other side of the stream, has been transformed over time into a jewel of mountain religious architecture, set in a splendid natural landscape of woods and streams. The image of the Madonna, made by the Della Robbia workshop in the 1500s, is today at the exact point of the apparition.
