Manipuglia
Manipuglia
Just under the suggestive sanctuary of Manipuglia in the municipality of Crucoli some of our vineyards are born.
Built at the end of the fourteenth century and ruined by time and conflicts, it was then restored and renovated with new works in 1943, including a beautiful stained glass window by a popular painter from Trieste, built in 1962.
"According to tradition, the devotion to the Crusading Madonna began when a sick woman went to the hospital, crossed the wood surrounding the" Cona "of Mary of Manipuglia and lost herself then finding the sacred image close and fell asleep. awakening he realized that he was cured of the serious disease that was then called "a snake breast" and also his stick had become a young olive tree green and tender, then escaped the village to tell the whole story.
This is how the pilgrimage of faith began, as it still does today, which unfolds, on the third Sunday of May, for two hours of walking, bringing the sacred icon between songs and sounds from the parish to the Shrine. It is certainly one of the oldest and most striking Marian festivals in the province. "
from "Il Cirotano"