Events

Festa di Mercantia XVIII Edizione . Certaldo (Fi)

16.07.2005

Tra la terra e il cielo è il tema ispiratore per l'edizione di quest'anno, è un po' come dire: tra il sacro e il profano, tra artigianato e teatro, tra il passato e il futuro, tra il vicino e il lontano, tra il corpo e la mente, tra l'aria e il fuoco...http://www.mercantiacertaldo.it/

Florence Historical Soccer Game

19.06.2005

June Piazza Santa Croce - Ph. 055 2616052 On June 19th, 24th and 28th, in Piazza Santa Croce, more than 500 actors and players wearing XVI century costumes play three soccer matches where the four teams represent four districts of central Florence. http://soalinux.comune.firenze.it/10/caf/foto.html

Saint John's Fireworks show

24.06.2005

24 June June 24th is Saint John's day, Florence's patron saint. A pageant starts from Palazzo Vecchio to bring candles to the Saint. At night, the feast ends with a firework show in Piazzale Michelangelo. Ph. 055 094174

51° Festival Puccini Torre del Lago

30.07.2005

Torre del Lago, home of the Puccini Festival, lies between the Lake of Massaciuccoli and the Tyrrhenian Sea, 4 kilometres far from the magnificent beaches of Viareggio on the Tuscan Riviera, 18 kilometres from Lucca and Pisa. The Festival welcomes about 40.000 spectators every year to its open-air theatre, just a few steps from the Villa Mausoleum where Giacomo Puccini lived and worked. His mortal remains are now in a small chapel inside the Villa. Torre del Lago is a favourite destination of opera lovers and tourists who wish to visit the places where the most beloved composer of the 20th century lived.

Palio di Siena

02.07.2005

"Piazza del Campo" is still used today for the well known Palio horse race which is one of the most famous popular Italian manifestations. It takes place every year on July 2 and August 16. The Palio is run to celebrate the miraculous apparition of the Virgin Mary near the old houses that belonged to Provenzano Salvani. The holy apparition was therefore called "Madonna di Provenzano" in whose honour the very first Palio was run on August 16, 1656. The Palio was run for the first time in 1701 in honour of the "Madonna dell'Assunta" the patroness and Advocate of Siena through all the tragic events since she protected the Sienese militia at the famous battle of Monteaperti against the Florentines.

http://www.ilpaliodisiena.com

IN FESTA MONTERIGGIONI DI TORRI SI CORONA

14.07.2005

La festa medievale "Monteriggioni di torri si corona" si svolge tutti gli anni durate la metà di Luglio. E’ una festa rievocativa della storia di Monteriggioni e delle tradizioni culturali di quel periodo ormai passate. La festa è ormai alla XII edizione ed è tra le tre feste medievali più importanti d’Italia. Vengono persone da tutt’Italia per ammirarla.

http://www.monteriggionicastle.com/festa.html