La Fête du Baiser

id: la-f-te-du-baiser-273-17036544
title: La Fête du Baiser
text: La Fête du Baiser is a festival celebrated the Saturday after St. Valentine's Day, in Roquemaure, France, near Avignon. Begun in 1989, it commemorates not only Saint Valentine, whom locals claim as a former resident, but the arrival of his remains in 1868 to Roquemaure's collegiate church reliquary. Celebrations revolve around a return to a 19th-century way of life, including costumes and markets. The relics of St Valentine were purchased in Rome, in hopes of curing the town's diseased vine stoc
brand slug: wiki
category slug: encyclopedia
description:
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_F%C3%AAte_du_Baiser
date created:
date modified: 2019-12-29T09:36:28Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q6462695","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6462695"}
image:
fields total: 13
integrity: 13

Related Entries

Explore Next Part