{"id":382105,"date":"2026-05-03T09:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/events\/rocca-imperiale-spring-festival-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:58:24","slug":"rocca-imperiale-spring-festival-2026","status":"publish","type":"eb_event","link":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/events\/rocca-imperiale-it\/rocca-imperiale-spring-festival-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocca Imperiale Spring Festival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Rocca Imperiale Spring Festival 2026<\/strong> will take place on 1 and 2 May in the picturesque village of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/village\/rocca-imperiale\/\"><strong>Rocca Imperiale<\/strong><\/a>, offering two days packed with events celebrating the flavours, traditions and agricultural excellence of the local area.<\/p>\n<p>Organised by the Compagnia del Limone, the event celebrates one of the area\u2019s symbols, the Rocca Imperiale lemon, which takes centre stage in a varied programme combining culture, gastronomy and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The festival opens on Friday 1 May with a welcome reception in the village, followed by a guided tour of the Castello Svevo in Rocca Imperiale and a walking conference through the historic centre. After the gala lunch, the evening continues with cultural events, street food in the square and music from the 70s to the 90s, creating a convivial and festive atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 2 May is dedicated to exploring agricultural traditions: visits to local farms, limoncello workshops and in-depth sessions on lemon production. The programme also includes a visit to the Diocesan Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Nova and lunch in the historic centre.<\/p>\n<p>The grand finale in the evening features the original and symbolic \u201cWedding of Lady Strawberry of Metapontino and Lord Lemon\u201d, followed by a dinner in the square with local specialities, fried fish and a brass band concert.<\/p>\n<p>The Spring Festival is a unique opportunity to experience Rocca Imperiale amidst its scents, traditions and conviviality, discovering a region rich in authenticity between Calabria and Basilicata.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 1 and 2 May 2026, the Spring Festival returns to Rocca Imperiale: events, tastings, limoncello and traditions from Calabria and Basilicata.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":381338,"template":"","territorio":[],"village-conntection":[50990],"event_category":[165163,165165],"class_list":["post-382105","eb_event","type-eb_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-rocca-imperiale-it","event_category-festival-en","event_category-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eb_event\/382105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eb_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eb_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"territorio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/territorio?post=382105"},{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=382105"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=382105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}