• Mistletoe Festival

    Traditional celebrations

Mistletoe Festival

Resorts: Saint-Denis

Loc. Capoluogo, 88

Sunday 08 December 2024

Contacts

Assoc. Maniero di Cly, Pro-loco Château de Cly
Address
11023 SAINT DENIS (AO)
Telephone
0039 340 6216982
E-mail
ilmanierodicly@gmail.com
Telephone
0039 333 7999338

Mistletoe was an important element in the Celtic tradition, and many rites and legends are based on it.

To celebrate its harvest, which traditionally occurs just before Christmas, the festival, centred around the mistletoe street market, where visitors will also find traditional food products, is made even more enchanting by the traditional music and dancing. After prizes have been awarded for the finest mistletoe, the event comes to a conclusion with a torchlight parade and the lighting of the druid fire.

Coming from Aosta: you enter in Chambave then follow the regional road 12 in the direction of Saint-Denis.

Coming from the lower Valle d’Aosta: leave the motorway at Châtillon, continue along the State Road 26 until Chambave and then follow the regional road 12 to Saint-Denis.

23a edizione

  • 10.00 borgo di Saint-Denis - Apertura del tradizionale mercatino del vischio, animazione itinerante con musiche e danze tradizionali a cura dell’ Ensemble EnBè; rievocazione celtica e attività per bambini a cura del Clan Arpenax Valle d’Aosta
  • 13.30 borgo di Saint-Denis - Sfilata in abito storico a cura del Clan Arpenax Valle d’Aosta 
  • 14.30 tensostruttura, area sportiva - Stage di danze tradizionali a cura dell’Ensemble EnBè
  • 15.30 biblioteca - Conferenza Le donne accusate di stregoneria a Cly a cura dello storico Ezio Emerico Gerbore
  • 16.30 tensostruttura, area sportiva - Concerto di musica irlandese-celtica a cura dei Glas Lora
  • 17.30 Fiaccolata e accensione animata del falò benaugurale a cura del Clan Arpenax Valle d’Aosta con partenza dalla piazza del capoluogo
  • 19.30 Cena celtica presso la tensostruttura area sportiva - prenotazione caldamente consigliata entro il 3 dicembre

Dalle 11.00 alle 16.00:

  • visite accompagnate e gratuite del Maniero di Cly (ogni ora)
  • Il mondo dei rapaci: esposizione ed interazione a cura dei Messaggeri Alati al castello di Cly.

Durante la giornata sarà attivo un servizio  ristoro.

Servizio navetta gratuito dal Castello di Cly al Capoluogo.

Vischio
falò

See also

Castles and towers
Castello di Cly - Saint-Denis

Cly Castle

Saint-Denis

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One-day excursions
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Ru Marseiller

Verrayes

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One-day excursions
Cappella di Saint-Evence - Saint-Denis

Saint-Evence Chapel

Saint-Denis

The path is almost flat with some ups and downs and develops along a ridge covered with spruce, larch and scotch pine, with undergrowth of crowberry, juniper and rhododendron, enjoying glimpses of the Valtournenche and Matterhorn on one side and, on the …

Churches and shrines
St. MIchael Chapel

The chapel of Saint Michael

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The chapel lies on a panoramic promontory to the west of the Marseiller hamlet.Built during the first half of the XV century and consecrated on 4th May 1441, this chapel is one of the oldest in the municipality of Verrayes. It was commissioned by the …

Note - this information is not directly connected to the Cammino Balteo path but it is part of the Aosta Valley tourist offer.