the most recent
in all the caves
the witnesses:
> 2021-2022 THE SON OF THE FATHER
> [2020-2021]
> 2019-2020 THE INSTRUMENT
> 2018-2019 THE ANGEL of lost things
> 2017-2018 THE SIGN
> 2016-2017 THE FORTY DAYS
the narrations:
> 2015-2016 THE SCANDAL MAN
> 2014-2015 FRANCIS' ALTAR
> 2013-2014 THE ANGEL of Miriàm
Mystical nativities:
> 2012-2013 THE ALLIANCE
> 2011-2012 JOSEPH'S MYSTERY
> 2010-2011 THE WOLF ANT THE LAMB
in the big cave
the crib and the dioramas:
> 2009-2010 THE ESSENES - the sons of light
> 2008-2009 THE ANGEL - 3rd edition
Dreamlike Nativities:
> 2007-2008 BET LEHM - House of Bread
> 2006-2007 LILITH - the first Eve
the "new Nativities":
> 2005-2006 THE CARAVANSERAI- 2nd edition
> 2004-2005 BÉÈR - the well
> 2003-2004 THE ANGEL - 2nd edition
in the first caves
the third millennium:
> 2002-'03 SALOMÈ - the unbelieving midwife
> 2001-'02 THE MARKET
Jubilee trilogy:
> 2000-'01 THE PILGRIM KINGS
> 1999-2000 SABBATH - the Jewish Saturday
> 1998-'99 THE ANGEL
historical research:
> 1997-'98 THE CARAVANSERAI
> 1996-'97 THE HOSPITALITY OF THE POOR
the crib grows:
> 1995-'96 THE NOISE OF THE CRAFTS
> 1994-'95 THE THREE KINGS' GIFTS
only in the well
Three-dimensional cribs:
> 1993-'94 THE FAMILY
> 1992-'93 THE COMET
> 1991-'92 THE EARTH AND THE SKY
the first Nativities:
> 1990-'91 THE FIRMAMENT
> 1989-'90 PEACE ON HEART
2016-2017
THE FORTY DAYS

From December 23rd 2016 to January 8th 2017
* By the Second Vatican Council, the feast of Jesus’ circumcision, which is on January 1, has been replaced with the feast of Mary Most Holy Mother of God
* Even today there is the tradition of blessing small candles as a symbol of Jesus Light of the World, on the feast of the Presentation in the Temple; for this reason the festivity is commonly known as “Candlemas”

Curiosities
- The Nativity inside the Well: the twenty-eighth edition in our crib revised, after fourteen years, the Nativity scene inside the Pozzo della Cava, set up by the speleologist Marco Santopietro
- The Orvieto’s Simeon: to impersonate Simeon the old man on the promotional material of “The Forty Days” we chose the face of one of the oldest figures of the Historical Procession of the Corpus Domini of Orvieto: the legendary Sergio Riccetti
- Giuni Russo: for the scene of the presentation at the Temple we have chosen a rather unusual soundtrack: the song “La sua Figura” by Giuni Russo, which has sublimely reinterpreted the words of San Giovanni della Croce, increasing the mystical atmosphere of the meeting between Simeon and Jesus
- Voyager: the setting up of the Crib in the Well 2016-2017 started a few days later, to allow the filming of a Voyager documentary on the undergrounds of Orvieto, broadcast on RaiDue on 4 January 2017
Concept – preparation – characters realization – graphic: Marco Sciarra | Installation of the Nativity in the Pozzo della Cava: Marco Santopietro | Animatronic characters of the adoration of the Magi: Andrea Giomaro | Baby Jesus of the Circumcision: Samantha Rose-Harker | Faces, complexions and make-up: David Bracci – Sara Catanzaro – Carlo Diamantini – Erica Buzzi – Special Makeup Studio – Creature Studios – Marco Sciarra – Francesca Montanari | Temple columns and banners: Marco Sciarra – Francesca Montanari (with some incursions by Matteo and Filippo Sciarra) | testimonial of the advertising material: Sergio Riccetti