Every year on the third Sunday of July, Venice wears its summer dress for the Festa del Redentore – an event that commemorates the 1577 plague. The most significant night is Saturday, when an exceptional firework display lights up the sky above Sr. Mark’s Square and entertains tourists and locals lined up by the seashore and crammed on hundreds of boats.
In between the two World Wars, Noventa Padovana began celebrating independently the Redentore. The celebrations were characterized by a barge that carried an orchestra along the river where traditional games were played. Today, in the evening of the third Saturday of July, the Festa de Redentore in Noventa has become an unmissable event that features dances, tongue-tickling food and a unique firework display.
Locals gather along the banks of the river Piovego at the gate of Noventa Padovana while tourists take a boat trip from Padua and stop by the river lock to witness the exceptional firework display that lights up te sky.