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Since 2007, after more than 25 years, Naples host again one of its symbolic events, the famous Festival of Piedigrotta.
This year will take place from September 4 – 14, 2008. It’s being held in honour of the Madonna of Piedigrotta and was in the past the most important event of the year for the
Neapolitans. It is considered the festival of the "canzone napoletana": several of the world-famous Neapolitan folk songs like, for example, "Funiculì Funicolà" and "O’ Sole mio"
were originally composed for this festival and introduced there for the first time.
The festival’s highlights are the big concert at the Piazza Plebiscito, where national and international singers will
perform traditional songs in the Neapolitan dialect, and the concert at the Rotonda Diaz with new Neapolitan songs.
Before the concert, there is a traditional procession in honour of the "canzone
napoletana" with decorated wagons through the streets of Santuario Piedigrotta – Via Caracciolo – Via Cesario Console as far as the Piazza del Plebiscito.
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