Curiosity

Festa della Mamma

MOTHER'S DAY 2022

As Mother's Day approaches, we thought we'd share with you some curiosities related to this holiday. For example, do you know how it was born? Mother's Day in Italy, as it is understood today, has two origins: one commercial and one religious. The commercial one was born in the mid-1950s where, for the first time, the mayor of Bordighera, in Liguria, celebrated it in a theatre. The religious one was commissioned in 1957 by Don Otello Migliosi, a parish priest from Tordilbetto in Umbria who wanted to celebrate the figure of the mother in her strong Christian value. What is...

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