One click at a fair of Vicoforte Sanctuary

Last night I was driving home, in Vicoforte, a small town in the province of Cuneo, was the last day of the famousfair of the Sanctuary. I passed through the people in my car and at one point I had the idea.

Luckily I had my trusty 40d with Manfrotto tripod because the night before I went to photograph the fireworks.

At the carnival this year there was a carousel incredible, at least 20 m high that revolved on a pivot at the ends of which were fixed 4 seats. Photographically beautiful.

The result is a click 4 seconds f 10 iso 200.

The event is one of the oldest fairs in the Piedmont that they are not lost. Every year on September 8 to 10 at theNativity of Mary, the patron saint of Mondovi and Monregalese, hundreds of stalls and cattle traders of all kindsgather around the majestic Sanctuary of Vicoforte.

The fair began practically together with devotion to the ancient shrine around which was built the Sanctuary. Legend has it that the chest of the fresco of Mary and Child gushed blood after Giulio Sargiano hit him by mistake hunting.We are in 1592. From those years during the feast of September 8, thousands of pilgrims from everywhere began to pour into the surrounding areas and also the fair was born spontaneously.

Once it was an unmissable event for all the inhabitants of the nearby Liguria Monregalese and today is a bit more commercial.

I still remember my grandfather telling how to Roburent, not very close, we went in procession to the sanctuary of Vicoforte through roads and trails lost in the woods. Logically did not go empty-handed, they brought the fruits of the summer almost over trying to earn some money or exchange it for products which are difficult to cultivate in the mountains in preparation for winter. Stories of the past that have transmitted to us the beauty of the event. 

Vicoforte Sanctuary 16/03/2013

Yesterday I had idea to take some photos with my Sigma 12-24.
I stop at the sanctuary of Vicoforte with the intent to do some shooting in the churchyard and inside, but when I find out later that the gate is closed, strange is always open and you can enter freely.
However, I took this picture from the outside by choosing a square cut. I agree with you about the stories and photos.

I must say that the Sigma 12-24 is a very good lens distorts a little but it has a really good performance and an affordable price.

As I was about to pick up the camera a little disappointed there appears some men with a military-style collar that make their way to the church , they will likely have to do with the closed gate of the sanctuary .
And in fact it is so soon after there were also representatives of military associations of the area, including an old acquaintance , Captain John Reineri Villanova I had asked for the history of the aircraft.
Listening to two men talking to each other saying they would arrive at 15.30 the Duke Amedeo D'Aosta at the Mass for the 30th anniversary of the death of Umberto II .
Slowly the churchyard starts to fill with various stakes , the Alpini , the Carabinieri , the Bersaglieri , the Grenadiers of Sardinia and the various local representatives municipalities and provinces , which are arranged dall'arzillo Reineri , striking the strong character of this man.

And here he is HRH Duke Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, browse the representations accompanied by the President of the procinvia of Cuneo Gianna Gancia.

In conclusion, a few photos, but definitely is not common to find in front of what may have been our king.
Strange day, if I can afford some personal considerations, I did not really mean all those political and military representatives in an official capacity (with the band or currency). I can understand reducistiche associations and the like, but not the actual things. Now, I think the monarchy belongs to our past and it is not practical right I wonder if it is expected to be some regulation for the arrival of a failed king should wear the armband. Indeed, the latter would mean that the person who wears it at that moment is representing all the mere mortals who voted for him. Another thing that I seemed to understand how widespread the nostalgic especially among law enforcement, I've never seen so many different official bodies together in these parts.