| Marino Wine Festival | |
|---|---|
 Special postmark for the 80th edition of the festival. | |
| Official name | Sagra dell'uva |
| Also called | 'a Sagra (Marino dialect) |
| Observed by | People of Marino, Italy |
| Type | Sagra |
| Significance | Christian victory in the Battle of Lepanto (1571) Marino DOC Wine Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary |
| Date | First Sunday in October |
| First time | 1925 |
The Marino Wine Festival ('a Sagra by antonomasia in Marino dialect) is a well-known traditional festival that occurs every first Sunday in October in Marino, a town in the province of Rome.
It was established in 1925 on the initiative of poet Leone Ciprelli and has been regularly organized every year since then. The Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro granted the event the title of Sagra, with which only a few other similar events in Italy could boast.[1] Its roots, however, go back to earlier historical events: coinciding with the secular festival is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, celebrated to commemorate the victory of the Holy League against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571.
- ^ Onorati (2004, p. 1).