Europe,Italy,Umbria,Gubbio,La Festa dei Ceri, tradition is one of the most exciting and unique in Europe and takes place in the city of Gubbio May 15 of each year. The candles are three wooden machines in the form of octagonal prisms and decorated, weighing about 4 tons, carried triumphantly on the shoulders of ceraioli in honor of St. Ubaldo, the patron saint of the city.