For the occasion the fountains of the town actually have wine gushing out and the streets become filled with people who eat, drink and sing together, immersed in a contagious festive joy. The different squares and lanes of the
town host performances, concerts, traditional dances, flag-wavers, and much more. The festivities of the Madonna del Rosario, which commemorate the victory of the Holy Alliance against the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571, are counterbalanced by the profanity of the wine festival. Do not miss the evocative re-enactment of the Historical Procession for the return of Marcantonio Colonna from the Battle of Lepanto, curated by a group of local associations who have recreated the clothes, weapons, musical instruments, flags and hairstyles of the time.