At Ottaviano back the “Markets in the Castle”

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Stand overflowing with craft products and delicacies, performances, guided tours and so on and so forth. Strong of more than 30,000 visitors recorded last year, returns, December 5 to 20, in the charming rooms of Palazzo Mediceo Ottaviano, “Markets in the Castle”, a project that aims to cheer and entertain tourists and residents during the period prenatalizio various events, aiming to spread local products, to preserve the tradition of old crafts and last but not least, to enhance and promote the image of the building and the whole Vesuvian town.

For the occasion, as well as guided tours and excursions organized cyclically the sites of greatest interest, a typical “train” will pass through the main streets of Octavian to lead visitors to the Palace, where to take them find artistic illuminations and light shows. Traditional log cabins, traditional Christmas markets and internal areas of the building will then showcase more than 80 exhibitors with a constantly animated on stage which will alternate performances of street artists, concerts, choirs, plays and Christmas shows. The team, however, will be devoted entirely to food and wine. At the disposal of visitors also two fully equipped dining areas. In addition, a small frescoed room, kept secret for so long, it will finally be seen together with a projection of vintage photographs and not the palace, some of which depict the rooms are still inhabited and decorated.

The event is signed by the local Octavian in partnership with the City of Ottaviano and under the auspices of the National Park of Vesuvius.

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