{"id":87863,"date":"2023-11-19T19:58:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=87863"},"modified":"2023-11-19T19:58:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:58:47","slug":"the-beautiful-town-in-italy-that-boasts-worlds-tallest-christmas-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/the-beautiful-town-in-italy-that-boasts-worlds-tallest-christmas-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"The beautiful town in Italy that boasts ‘world’s tallest Christmas tree’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A stunning Italian town has garnered a reputation for celebrating Christmas with what locals claim is the “world’s tallest tree”.<\/p>\n

The medieval town of Gubbio, located between Florence and Rome in Italy’s central Umbria region, is home to fewer than 40,000 people who live on a strip of land in the shadow of local mountain Monte Ingino.<\/p>\n

The mountain adds a flash of green to the town’s ancient landscape, which is strewn with ruined buildings.<\/p>\n

During the festive period, the area literally flashes with dazzling lights organised on the mountainside.<\/p>\n

Those lights form what locals have long claimed is the world’s largest Christmas tree.<\/p>\n

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Gubbio residents have organised lights on the mountainside for decades, with a local lighting ceremony having been honoured since 1981.<\/p>\n

Each ceremony employs 700 lights placed so they form the traditional pointed silhouette of a Christmas evergreen.<\/p>\n

Pictures show 300 green lights tracing the tree’s outlines, with 400 blue, yellow, red and white bulbs blinking on the inside.<\/p>\n

At the top, organisers place a shooting star that occupies the mountain’s peak.<\/p>\n

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Each light forming the tree has been adopted by a Gubbio resident, who dedicates them to loved ones on occasions ranging from births to deaths.<\/p>\n

The unusual but grand tradition requires approximately 8.5km (5.2 miles) of cables, which stretch to the mountaintop.<\/p>\n

The tree’s base sits at the bottom of Gubbio’s ancient walls, and the star sits at approximately 750 metres.<\/p>\n

The star is deliberately placed at the basilica of the town’s patron, Saint Ubaldo, which resides on the mountain peak.<\/p>\n