Fogheraccia
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The Fogheraccia di San Giuseppe, also known as the Focarina, is an annual public bonfire lit on the evening of 18 March, the vigil of Saint Joseph's Day, in the historical region of Romagna, northern
Participants around a bonfire at a Lòm a Merz, February 2015
A bonfire on Saint Joseph's Day in 2007 in Tursi, Basilicata
Romagna
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Romagna is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy.
Fogheraccia
…also known as the Focarina, is an annual public bonfire lit on the evening of 18 March, the vigil of Saint Joseph's Day, in the historical region of Romagna, northern Italy, and San Marino. The tradition is believed to be of Roman or Celtic origin. The bonfires, which are accompanied by music and food stands…
The Abbazia di San Mercuriale, Forlì, built in 1180
Piazza del Popolo in Cesena
Joseph Anton Koch: Paolo da Malatesta and Francesca da Rimini surprised by Gianciotto Malatesta (1805), depicting a historical event from around 1280