The cherry festival returns to one of the most beautiful ghost villages in Italy (in the province of Viterbo)

The festival of cherries returns to Celleno next weekend, the festival entirely dedicated to the red fruit par excellence that reaches its 38th edition. Between fashion shows of masked groups and the spit of the core spit -the original long launch of the cherry cherry with a record to beat 22.8 meters -, tastings and music, the “ghost village” in the province of Viterbo returns to live From 6 to 8 June.

Like every year, local restaurants will offer tastings of Cherry -based gastronomic menusfrom the appetizer to the cake, delight yourself with the tasty fruits, the famous cherry pancakes and the gigantic “crustatone” of over 20 meters. Don’t miss the opportunity to taste the dishes and typical local products at the welcoming food stands.

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Immersed among the splendid hills of Upper Lazio, perched on a spur of tuff, Celleno is considered among the most beautiful and fascinating in Italy by the Telegraph magazine. The village has undergone a slow depopulation from the nineteenth century, until it became desert in the 1950s.

The first official festival dedicated to the “Cerasa” dates back to 1962 and after the limitations related to the pandemic, next weekend returns with its “summer carnival”, the product this year seems to be of excellent quality and quantity and will try to honor its excellent curriculum (recognition by the Arsial of 11 local native varieties, recognition by the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies of the PAT Brand Traditional, insertion of cell cherry among the 35 products that represented the Lazio Region at Expo 2015).

The desire to start again is perceived by a cheerful work, in particular that of the masked groups, and by the inevitable involvement of the whole community. A beautiful tradition that is renewed thanks to the commitment of many people starting with the new Proloco and producers, the Celleno Cherry Consortium (Celleno production area, Roccalvecce, S. Angelo), the municipal administration and all the volunteers who do their best in a thousand ways for the success of the event, leaves the mayor Marco Bianchi.

This ancient tradition that celebrates Celleno’s bond with cherry, of which traces are also found in the statute of 1457, is also a way to get closer to the earth, to the rhythms of nature, to the peasant world of the past, to a way of life that needs respect for the environment.

What are you waiting for then? If you are in these parts, take a jump!

Here you will find the whole program.