From Saturday 4 July to Sunday 19 July, Mazara del Vallo will host celebrations in honor of Maria Santissima del Paradiso, patroness of the city.
With resolution no. 212/2026, the municipal police command has regulated traffic to ensure the safe holding of three important public processions included in the program: Wednesday, July 8th. Procession of descent with the transfer of the effigy from the Sanctuary to the Cathedral, Sunday 12 July. Coronation feast with transport from the cathedral to the Church of Santa Maria di Gesù and on Sunday 19 July. Retreat of the Madonna in the Sanctuary with transport from the Cathedral to the Sanctuary.
These are the planned stop and transit bans:
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WEDNESDAY, July 8, 2026 (the procession starts after the mass at 18.30. Route: departure from the Sanctuary of Mary SS. del Paradiso, Piazza Madonna del Paradiso, Via Madonna del Paradiso, Corso Vittorio Veneto, Piazza A. De Gasperi, Via F. Maccagnone, Corso A. Diaz, Piazza Mocarta, Via San Giuseppe, Piazza della Republica, Via Porta del SS. Salvatore, arrival at the cathedral).
NO STOP from 10:00 until the end of the procession, scheduled for 23:00, in the following streets and squares: Piazza Madonna del Paradiso – Via Madonna del Paradiso – Corso V. Veneto (on the section of Corso Vittorio Veneto between Via Madonna del Paradiso and Piazza Alcide De Gasperi) – Piazza Alcide De Gasperi – Via Franco Maccagnone, Corso A. Diaz (on the section of Corso Armando Diaz between Via Franco Maccagnone and Piazza Mocarta), on the section of Piazza Mocarta between Corso Armando Diaz and Via San Giuseppe – Via San Giuseppe – Piazza della Repubblica – on Via Porta Santissimo Salvatore – Via Conte Ruggiero (section between Via Castello Normanno and Via Porta del Santissimo Salvatore).
PROHIBITION OF TRANSIT during the procession of the Cross: on the section of Via Calatafimi between Via Solferino and Piazza Madonna del Paradiso, on the section of Via Casa Santa between Via Termini and Piazza Madonna del Paradiso, on the section of Via Padre Giacomo Cusmano between Via Termini and Via Madonna del Paradiso, on Via Ciantro G. Sansone, on Piazza Madonna del Paradiso, on Via Madonna del Paradiso Paradiso, in the section of Corso Vittorio Veneto between Via Madonna del Paradiso and Piazza Alcide De Gasperi, in Piazza Alcide De Gasperi, in Via Franco Maccagnone, in the section of Corso Armando Diaz between Via Franco Maccagnone and Piazza Mocarta, in the section of Piazza Mocarta between Corso Armando Diaz and Via San Giuseppe, in Via San Giuseppe, in Piazza della Repubblica, in Via Porta Santissimo Salvatore and in Via Conte Ruggiero, in Piazza Mocarta and in Via Antonino Castiglione, in the area between Via M. Rapisardi and Via Tommaso Sciacca. 2.
SUNDAY, July 12, 2026 (the procession starts after the mass at 19.00. Route: SS Cathedral. Salvatore, Lungomare Mazzini, Piazza GB Quinci, Molo Caito, Piazza Regina, Via G.G. Adra, Via Santa Maria di Gesù, Piazza Santa Maria di Gesù, Church of Santa Maria di Gesù).
NO STOP from 10:00 until the end of the procession, scheduled for 23:00, in the following streets and squares: Via Conte Ruggero (section running from Via del Castello Normanno to Via Porta SS. Salvatore) – Via SS. Salvatore (section between Via Conte Ruggero and Lungomare Mazzini) – in Lungomare Mazzini, section between Via SS. Salvatore and Piazza Quinci – on Via Molo Comandante Caito – on Piazza Regina – on Via GG Adria – on Via SMDi Gesù – on Piazza SMDi Gesù.
OVERTURNING IS PROHIBITED during the procession in the following streets and squares: In Via Conte Ruggiero, in the section from Via del Castello Normanno to Via Porta SS. Salvatore, in Piazza Mocarta and in Via A. Castiglione, in the area between Via T. Sciacca and Piazza Mocarta, in the section of Via SS. Salvatore between Via Conte Ruggiero and Lungomare Mazzini, on Lungomare Mazzini, the section between Via Porta SS. Salvatore and Piazza GB Quinci, on Via Lungomare Mazzini (the area between Via Porta SS. Salvatore and Via M. Rapisardi), on Via Molo Comando Caito – on Piazza Regina – on Via GG Adria – on Via SM Di Gesù – on Piazza SM Di Gesù.
SUNDAY, July 19, 2026 (the procession starts after the mass at 19.00. Route: SS Church. Salvatore – Cathedral, Lungomare Mazzini, Piazza GB Quinci, Molo Caito, Piazza Regina, Via GG Adria, Via Corso Vittorio Veneto, Via Madonna del Paradiso, Piazza Madonna del Paradiso, arrival at the Sanctuary of Maria SS. Paradise).
NO STOP from 10:00 until the end of the procession, scheduled for 23:00, in the following streets and squares: Via Conte Ruggiero (section running from Via del Castello Normanno to Via Porta SS. Salvatore) -Via SS. Salvatore (section between Via Conte Ruggero and Lungomare Mazzini) in Lungomare Mazzini (section between Via Porta SS. Salvatore and Piazzale GB Quinci) – Via Molo Comandante G. Caito – Piazza Regina – Via Gian Giacomo Adria – Corso Vittorio Veneto (section between Gian Giacomo Adria and Via Madonna del Paradiso, with the exception of the area between street no. 210 and Via A. La Licata) – Via Madonna del Paradiso – Piazza Madonna del Paradiso.
OVERTURNING IS PROHIBITED for all vehicles during the passage of the procession in the following streets and squares: In Via Conte Ruggiero, in the section from Via del Castello Normanno to Via Porta SS. Salvatore, on the Via SS section. Salvatore between Via Conte Ruggiero and Lungomare Mazzini, on Lungomare Mazzini, on the section between Via Porta SS. Salvatore and Piazza GB Quinci, in Via Molo Comandante G. Caito, in Piazza Regina, in Via Gian Giacomo Adria in the section of Corso Vittorio Veneto between Via Gian Giacomo Adria and Via Madonna del Paradiso – in Via Madonna del Paradiso – in Piazza Madonna del Paradiso in the section of Via Calatafimi between Via Solferino and Piazza Madonna del Paradiso, on the section of Via Casa Santa between Via Termini and Piazza Madonna del Paradiso, on the section of Via Padre Giacomo Cusmano between Via Termini and Via Madonna del Paradiso, on the entire Via Madonna del Paradiso, on the entire Piazza Madonna del Paradiso and on Via Ciantro G. Sansone.
July 03, 2026