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Historical Regata of the Maritime Republics (Every 4 years in June) Feast of the Patron Saint Mary Magdalene (July 22 and October) Sagra del Pesce Azzurro and anchovies (August) Festival of the Madonna del Carmine (August) Atrani summer, various events in theater, cabaret, singing competitions in the square (Summer) Coffee Concert (October) Duke's marriage, who wants to commemorate a historic event happened on the Sunday, April 26, 1002, when, in the Palatine Chapel of S. Salvatore de Birecto was celebrated by the rector and chaplain to the abbot of the same, the "elder" John, the wedding of Sergio, the son of John I, Duke of Amalfi and grandson of the "most magnificent" Duke, the Imperial patrician, Manson I, and Mary, daughter Prince of Capua and Benevento Pandolfo II. These "power marriage" sealed the alliance between Amalfi and one of the most powerful regional states.
The occasion will be used for the costumes of the races will be staged in the square and the banquet scene and playing medieval dishes Night of Tric Trac, to ward off evil spirits exploding firecrackers in the streets and alleys of the city (Dec. 23) Descent of the comet from Mount Civita get the star that guided the Magi to Nazareth, fireworks and a solemn religious function of the deposition of the Child Jesus (24 December)Feast of San Biagio (January 3)Procession of Flying (Holy Thursday)Paving of the bells and solemn eucharist (Easter)Feast of Corpus Christi (June) Feast of Santa Maria del Bando with the commemoration of the miracle of the saint's Atrani who escaped from a terrible flood (August)The origin of the name is uncertain: the majority of scholars favors the Latin adjective ater, which is dark, gloomy, because it corresponds to the vision of the village like a cave enclosed by steep cliffs overlooking the sea. Others derive the name from the from which the first Greek settlers, Atria. The valley of the Dragon at the end of which rises Atrani was already busy in the seventh century BC C. Etruscans which later merged Greek elements. The real town settlement was, however, only towards the end of the fourth century AD C., during the decline of the Roman Empire by the Roman fugitives.
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