As has become tradition and a fixed appointment for the City of Belluno, the event of lighting the Star of the Victory Bridge returns for its 16th edition, a magical moment that gathers the Belluno community on the banks of the Piave River to admire one of the truest symbols of Christmas, the comet that guided the Magi to the place where the baby Jesus was born.
This year, the lighting takes place on the feast day of Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of the Raftmen and Borgo Piave.
Before the lighting of the star, at 4:00 PM in the square at Borgo Piave, Saint Nicholas will arrive on a raft, accompanied by kayaks, pancrafts, and canoes, distributing sweets to the children who will be waiting for him in the square.
The event is presented by Borgo Piave ETC aps, the lighting is organized by the Civil Protection ANA Belluno, and it will be accompanied by a torchlight procession along the banks of the Piave River organized by the Belluno Underwater Club, as well as the passage of rafts from Rafting Dolomiti. Citizens are invited to participate.
