Grande Albergo Maugeri. Festival of Saint Venera

Patron Saint of the city, Venera lived in the third century AD.

The local people celebrate this festival on the 26th of July, for reasons of climate, even if it really should be celebrated on the 20th of November.

The festival is still considered an important event, for its procession through the streets, the silver coffin, made in the 13th century by goldsmiths from Messina, accompanied by the carved and decorated wooden candelmass carried on the shoulders of representatives of the artisan guilds.