Domenica 10 novembre 2024 si terrà a Padova la festa del baccalà. Tra le vie più suggestive del centro storico verranno infatti proposte degustazioni di baccalà, musica, e alle ore 11 e alle ore 16 si terrà una rievocazione storica nella quale scopriremo l’avventuroso viaggio di Pietro Querini, mercante veneziano, alla scoperta del baccalà nel 1431 .
How Codfish Arrived in Veneto
Not everyone knows that baccalà came to Veneto thanks to a Venetian nobleman, Pietro Querini, a merchant and senator of the Venetian Republic (1400–1448). In 1431, Querini was caught in a terrible storm while sailing on his ship, the “Querina,” and shipwrecked on Rost Island in the Lofoten archipelago of Norway, along with a few surviving sailors. The Venetians were welcomed by local fishermen, whose livelihood revolved around fishing and drying cod. Upon returning to Venice, Pietro Querini brought this new food with him.
In this way, he introduced the product within the borders of the Serenissima—Vicenza and Padua—thus spreading stockfish, stokkfisk in Norwegian, meaning “stick fish”.
The historical reenactment, featuring Venetian costumes from the 1400s, will begin on Sunday, November 10, at 11:00 AM from Palazzo del Bo’ and will wind through Via San Canziano, Via S. Martino e Solferino, Via delle Piazze, Via Soncin, and Piazza Duomo. Here, visitors can taste this delicacy: creamy stockfish.
2024 Festa del Baccalà in Padua: Useful Information
Event Schedule
- All day Sunday, from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Enjoy polenta and cod tastings, accompanied by live music. - At 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM
Historical reenactment of Pietro Querini’s 1431 journey to discover stockfish.
Location
The festival will take place in the most picturesque streets of Padua’s historic center:
Via S. Canziano
Via S. Martino e Solferino
Piazza Duomo
Via delle Piazze
Via Soncin