What kinds of snakes are these?

[Cirith Ungol]

These are pictures from a festival in Italy. Those snakes look awesome!
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-54251-7.html

 

[pitbulllady]

Those are European Four-Lined Rat Snakes, Elaphe quatuorlineata, closely related to our North American Rat Snakes. Neat pic!

pitbulllady

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

And the statue is St. Giuseppe, St. Patrick's less successful younger brother.

 

[Cirith Ungol]

And the statue is St. Giuseppe, St. Patrick's less successful younger brother.

Is that he who made Pinocchio? :?

 

[Tim Benzedrine]

Naw, that's Gepetto.
Saint Giuseppe was the guy who immigrated to Italy from Ireland and tried to drive away the serpents. He was unsuccessful. The event is commemorated each spring with the "Augh! get 'em offa me! Get 'em offa me!" Festival.