CONFUOCO

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Pietra was part of the Republik from 1385." title_font_options="tag:h3" subtitle_font_options="tag:h3|font_size:17" subheading_margin="margin-bottom:20px;" title_responsive="font_size_tablet:30|font_size_mobile:30"]THE "CONFUOCO" CELEBRATION [/dfd_heading][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1634037453034{margin-right: 20px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;}"]On the Sunday before Christmas, the inhabitants of Pietra Ligure pay homage to local authorities: they exchange greetings and renew the ancient rite by the lighting of a laurel stump in the scenic Piazza Vecchia (old square).[/vc_column_text][dfd_spacer screen_wide_resolution="1280" screen_wide_spacer_size="40" screen_normal_resolution="1024" screen_tablet_resolution="800" screen_mobile_resolution="480" screen_normal_spacer_size="35" screen_tablet_spacer_size="20" screen_mobile_spacer_size="20"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2" column_bg_position="center bottom" column_bg_repeat="no-repeat" 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title_responsive="font_size_tablet:30|font_size_mobile:30"]The laurel stump[/dfd_heading][vc_column_text]Tradition says that if the flames fuelled by the laurel wood rise stright to the sky, a good year is foretold. "The laurel wood crackles and burns, and its sparks rise high towards the sky. Fire, considered sacred since ancient times, symbolize the driving force of crop growth, especially olives, grapes and wheat", as our ancestors said.[/vc_column_text][dfd_spacer screen_wide_resolution="1280" screen_wide_spacer_size="40" screen_normal_resolution="1024" screen_tablet_resolution="800" screen_mobile_resolution="480" screen_normal_spacer_size="35" screen_tablet_spacer_size="20" screen_mobile_spacer_size="20"][dfd_spacer screen_wide_resolution="1280" screen_wide_spacer_size="111" screen_normal_resolution="1024" screen_tablet_resolution="800" screen_mobile_resolution="480" screen_normal_spacer_size="50" screen_tablet_spacer_size="30" screen_mobile_spacer_size="45"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row dfd_enable_overlay=""][vc_column dfd_column_responsive_enable="dfd-column-responsive-enable" responsive_styles="padding_left_mobile:20|padding_right_mobile:20"][dfd_spacer screen_wide_resolution="1280" screen_wide_spacer_size="20" screen_normal_resolution="1024" screen_tablet_resolution="800" screen_mobile_resolution="480" screen_normal_spacer_size="20" screen_tablet_spacer_size="20" screen_mobile_spacer_size="20"][dfd_heading delimiter_settings="border-bottom-style:dotted;|border-bottom-width:1px;|width:250px;|border-bottom-color:#dddddd;" delimiter_margin="margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:30px;" subtitle_google_fonts="yes" subtitle_custom_fonts="font_family:Handlee%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal" style="style_01" title_font_options="tag:h3" subtitle_font_options="tag:h3|font_size:17"]Traditional events [/dfd_heading][dfd_spacer screen_wide_resolution="1280" screen_wide_spacer_size="20" screen_normal_resolution="1024" screen_tablet_resolution="800" screen_mobile_resolution="480" screen_normal_spacer_size="20" screen_tablet_spacer_size="20" screen_mobile_spacer_size="20"][dfd_portfolio_module post_categories="appuntamenti-tradizionali" exclude_from_loop="" posts_to_show="9" items_offset="20" columns="3" carousel_slideshow_speed="1000" enabled_excerpt="" enabled_read_more="" enabled_share="" enabled_comments="" enabled_likes="" enabled_anim_com_like="" image_width="900" image_height="600" style="carousel" title_font_options="tag:div"][dfd_spacer screen_wide_resolution="1280" screen_wide_spacer_size="20" screen_normal_resolution="1024" screen_tablet_resolution="800" screen_mobile_resolution="480" screen_normal_spacer_size="20" screen_tablet_spacer_size="20" screen_mobile_spacer_size="20"][dfd_spacer screen_wide_resolution="1280" screen_wide_spacer_size="20" screen_normal_resolution="1024" screen_tablet_resolution="800" screen_mobile_resolution="480" screen_normal_spacer_size="20" screen_tablet_spacer_size="20" screen_mobile_spacer_size="20"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row dfd_enable_overlay=""][vc_column][dfd_spacer screen_wide_resolution="1280" screen_wide_spacer_size="20" screen_normal_resolution="1024" screen_tablet_resolution="800" screen_mobile_resolution="480" screen_normal_spacer_size="20" screen_tablet_spacer_size="20" screen_mobile_spacer_size="20"][/vc_column][/vc_row]