Vinalia
Sign in to saveThe Vinalia were Roman festivals of the wine harvest, wine vintage and gardens, held in honour of Jupiter and Venus. The Vinalia prima ("first Vinalia"), also known as the Vinalia urbana ("Urban Vinalia") was held on 23 April to bless and sample last year's wine and ask for good weather until the next harvest. The Vinalia rustica ("Rustic Vinalia") was on 19 August, before the harvest and grape-pressing.
Key facts
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Vinalia
- Holiday.type
- pagan
- Holiday.longtype
- Classical Roman religion
- Holiday.image
- Vendanges romaines à Cherchell.jpg
- Holiday.imagesize
- 280px
- Holiday.caption
- Mosaic depicting the vintage(from Cherchell, present-day Algeria, Roman Africa)
- Holiday.observedby
- Roman Republic,Roman Empire
- Holiday.date
- 23 April (Urbana)19 August (Rustica)
- Holiday.observances
- Libations of wine
- Holiday.relatedto
- Jupiter and Venus
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- Vinalia Urbana
- Vinalia Rustica
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The Vinalia were Roman festivals of the wine harvest, wine vintage and gardens, held in honour of Jupiter and Venus. The Vinalia prima ("first Vinalia"), also known as the Vinalia urbana ("Urban Vinalia") was held on 23 April to bless and sample last year's wine and ask for good weather until the next harvest. The Vinalia rustica ("Rustic Vinalia") was on 19 August, before the harvest and grape-pressing.
==Vinalia Urbana== thumb|left|Fragment of the Fasti Praenestini showing the April Vinalia (VIN)