Festa dell'antica pieve ex trebbiatura

The Festa dell'Antica Pieve of Cologna Veneta is an event that celebrates the agricultural roots of the Venetian territory, reviving each year the rural traditions of a community bound to the land and its fruits. In the shadow of the Romanesque medieval parish church, visitors from across the region gather to savor the typical dishes of peasant cuisine: the famous frog risotto, crispy fried frogs, and river fried fish—gastronomic specialties that tell the story of the richness of the waters and fields of the Verona area. An opportunity to rediscover how the agricultural past continues to live in the present, through recipes passed down and traditions preserved with pride.

The event is not merely a gastronomic festival, but an immersive experience that blends spirituality, conviviality, and collective memory. Alongside culinary delights, the festival offers folkloric performances that enliven summer evenings with traditional music and dances, agricultural exhibitions documenting the evolution of Venetian cultivation techniques, and evocative parades of vintage tractors that recall the fundamental role of mechanization in the countryside. Additionally, exhibitions of historic agricultural tools and demonstrations of ancient rural trades are scheduled. Religious moments connected to the parish church, with solemn celebrations, complete the spiritual framework, keeping alive the bond that has always characterized Italian rural communities.