Pesa Vegia is an unmissable event during Christmas holidays, an event with over 400 years of history behind that every year on January 5th presents itself to visitors, renewing itself and at the same time maintaining its legend and magic unchanged. The people of Bellano have celebrated this event every year for over 4 centuries, even in times of war and deprivation, staging the procession of the Three Wise Men, the “Pese” race through the streets of the town and the bonfire on the pier. Over the years there have been many changes and innovations in the way of celebrating the good news. And so in the second half of the twentieth century the Governor and the reading of the edict from the balcony of the Town Hall, the living nativity scene, the castle of King Herod and more came to light: elements that, inserted into the traditional Feast of the Three Wise Men, give rise to that popular event where the sacred merges with the profane in an indissoluble bond called “Pesa Vegia”.
