Traditions of Milan
7 traditions tied to Milan.
🇮🇹 Rome, Italy and 4 moreChristmas
A festival of Jesus's birth, kept on 25 December with gifts, lights and shared mealsFestival
🇩🇪 Germany and 7 moreSt. Martin's DayMartinstag
A November feast of lantern walks, bonfires, roast goose and new wineSpiritual
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 5 moreYule log
A log kept burning on the hearth through the twelve days of Christmas, for luckSeasonal
🇮🇹 Rome, Italy and 4 moreMarian feast days
Holy days across the liturgical year celebrating the life and veneration of Mary.Spiritual
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Christmas: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Public domain, source
- Yule log: Pehr Arvid Säve (1811—1887), Public domain, source
- St. Martin's Day: Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Public domain, source
- Marian feast days: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, source