IL PRESEPE A GATTEO MARE

Place: Gatteo Mare – Piazza della Libertà

Period: from 12 December 2026 to 10 January 2027

Time: every day from 3.00pm to 6.30pm. Public holidays, days before public holidays and every Monday from 9.00am to 12.00pm and from 3.00pm to 6.30pm

Accessibility: by car and public transport

Description: once again this year, Gatteo Mare has not wanted to miss out on its now traditional nativity scene, which adorns the town’s central square.
‘Romagna in the Nativity Scene: 800 Years After the Death of Francis of Assisi’ is the title of the animated artistic nativity scene, conceived and created by the artists Marco and Luciano Fantini, father and son.
In this Jubilee Year dedicated to St Francis, Patron Saint of Italy, the ‘Poverello’ of Assisi is symbolically welcomed into the heart of Sarsina, faithfully reconstructed around the splendid Piazza Plauto, named after the famous Roman playwright.
A striking miniature reconstruction that captures the authenticity of the people of Romagna in the shadow of the thousand-year-old Basilica, guardian of the remains of Saint Vicinio and his famous miraculous collar.

The nativity scene, covered by a tensile structure, can be visited every day from 12 December 2026 to 10 January 2027 in Piazza della Libertà.
Inside the tensile structure, there will be activities for children with the help and involvement of young people with disabilities from the theatre company “Tana liberi tutti”, such as face painting and snacks on Saturday afternoons.
The event is promoted by the Association Uniti per Gatteo in collaboration with the Auser Giulio Cesare Recreation Centre and the Telemaco Association, which oversees the facility and will be present inside with an information stand.
The event is part of the rich Christmas calendar by ‘Natale a Gatteo’.

 Entrance: free entrance