Marina Grande, Scilla

Religious traditions

• The bay of Marina Grande is the location of the Fuochi di Mezzanotte, last celebration of the festival of Saint Roch, patrono of the town of Scilla, which calling a lot of people from different part of Calabria and Eastern Sicily.
• The new parochial authorities reduced, in 2004, the celebrations in honour of Saint Francis of Paola in Marina Grande and, from 2005, they abolished the festival, breaking a multisecular tradition, revived since 2009 after a new turnover in the Catholic community leadership.