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Rock im Ring is an Italian music festival which takes place in Ritten in Trentino Alto Adige each year in July. The festival is dedicated to primarily metal, punk and rock music. It was established in 1994 and has progressively gotten bigger each year, attracting more and more famous acts. Among those to have played in past years are Marky Ramone, Gallows, Juliette Lewis, The Subways and Dropkick Murphys. If you want to see the rugged beauty of the alps and take in a European music festival with a difference, this is just the thing for you. Find a holiday rental in Trentino Alto Aldige and pop along yourself!

The Shroud of Turin is a mysterious object which has been drawing pilgrims to Turin, Italy for centuries. Much debate has always surrounded the Shroud with people wondering where it came from, how the markings on it were made, if it is Jesus Christ who is depicted and how old it is. We will, perhaps, never know the answers to some of these questions. The Shroud, however, is still fascinating for those interested in history, faith, religion and science alike. If you want to see it for yourself you could find a vacation rental nearby and make a trip to view it this year. This could be a once-in-a-lifetime trip as the Shroud is being shown in a rare exposition.

La Notte della Taranta is an annual music festival held in Salento, Apulia (or Puglia) and is the largest music festival in Italy. Established in 1998, it has grown and grown into the event it is today which has a fantastic international reputation and draws huge crowds each year.

Events take place in a variety of locations in the municipalities of the province of Lecce from the 5th of August culminating in a giant closing concert in Melpignano on August 22nd .

If you are a music-lover looking to holiday in Italy this summer, this might be the perfect thing for you. The Stresa Festival, or Festival Settimane Musicali di Stresa, founded in 1961 by Venetian lawyer Italo Trentinaglia de Daverio, is being celebrated for the 54th time this year. Running in July and August, it takes place in the town of Stresa on Lake Maggiore in Piedmont, as well as in some of the surrounding areas.

Held annually, the Stresa Festival is one of Europe's most important international classical music festivals. The festival also plays host to very popular open-air jazz concerts in addition to classical music today.

If you’re spending Easter in Italy then why not check out one or some of these enchanting events? Continuing on from our two other articles which detail several Easter celebrations, let’s finish with these three festivals.

The ‘Processione dei Misteri’ is the oldest Easter Festival in Italy and is hosted in the city of Trapani on Sicily Island. It has been celebrated at Easter here for over four hundred years!

This 24 hour event consists of twenty huge artistic carved representations of scenes from the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ.