100 Presepi returns to Piazza San Pietro.

The 2023 edition of 100 Presepi, Rome's international Nativity crib exhibition, takes place under the colonnade of St Peter's Square from 9 December until 7 January 2024.

A firm fixture on Rome's Christmas calendar, each year 100 Presepi hosts Nativity scenes from across Italy and dozens of other countries.

The crib exhibition will be inaugurated on the evening of 8 December, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, when the Vatican lights up its Christmas tree and Nativity Scene.

In addition to contemporary replicas of traditional 18th- and 19th-century Neapolitan and Roman cribs, there are modern versions made from wood, papier-mâché and terracotta, as well as unconventional materials such as sand, rice and metal.

Organised by the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation, 100 Presepi will be open every day, for free, from 10.00 until 20.00.

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