Lexicographical Neighbors of Festas
Literary usage of Festas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fair Lusitania by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1874)
"THE festas OF THE 23RD AND 21TH OF JULY. FOR the last two days—23rd and 24th of
July—we have been feting the downfall of tyranny, in the expulsion of Dom ..."
2. Rome in the Nineteenth Century: Containing a Complete Account of the Ruins by Charlotte Anne Eaton (1822)
"... festas ITALIAN MANNERS. Sunday, Jan. I8th, 1819. WE were present to-day at
one of the most ridiculous scenes I ever witnessed, even in this country. ..."
3. A Hand-book for Travellers in Central Italy: Including the Papal States by Octavian Blewitt (1850)
"(His studio is open on Sundays and festas from 12 to 2.) This eminent German was
one of the first masters of the modern school who recurred to the simple ..."
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