ROME: Rome’s Mayor Roberto Gualtieri on Wednesday attended an iftar at the Great Mosque in Italy’s capital, the first time such a visit had taken place in 10 years. It is the largest Islamic place of worship in the country, and was built thanks to a donation from the late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Gualtieri was welcomed by Naim Nasrallah, president of the Islamic Cultural
Your Christmas Crib is not Complete without THIS latest 2020-inspired Figurine!
The traditions of Christmas Cribs goes back decades and decades, often times going beyond the traditional setting, of showing the Nativity scene, with Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, the animals, the angels, the shepherds, the sheep, and the Three Wise Men.
This is more apparent in the Neapolitan Cribs, in which non-biblical figurines appear. Naples is undoubtedly the most devoted city to the history and cult of cribs: indeed a 1025 document already reported about a church of Santa Maria ad praesepe (now lost) and again in 1324 a ‘chapel of the nativity scene at Di Alagni residence’ was mentioned as existing in the nearby Amalfi.