 The two events are the Varia di Palmi, inserted in 2013 in the UNESCO "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity", and the feast of Saint Roch with the "procession of barbed wire".About the origins of the name given to Palmi is a constant tradition, followed over the centuries to its foundation, it has acquired its name because of the many palm trees that stood in its territory, so much so that the indication "De Palmis", Roger I Count Calabria specified grant of the "Church of San Georgium", in 1085, the Church of St. Mary of the Twelve apostles and Bagnara Calabra.