The Etruscan, masters of writing – Exhibition in Cortona
Cortona MAEC
19.03.16 | 31/07/2016
The spread of Etruscan writing is a fascinating topic that talks about the penetration of a language and a culture by means of Conquests, business contacts, exchange of ideas, direct or mediated, around the Mediterranean basin between the seventh century. and the first century. B.C. To date, although it can read with relative ease, this idiom is not yet well understood, above all in the specific meanings of the words, which do not have common kinship with ancient languages most known.
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The Anghiari Craft show
Anghiari
23.04.16 | 01.05.16
The Anghiari Craft show is an institution in the field of National and Tuscan Craftwork.
Set up in shops around the medieval town, each year it attracts numerous visitors to confirm its importance in the craftwork sector where the stars are the artisans and their arts which blend tradition and modernity in this event. See the best of “handmade” crafts, a vast range of carefully selected artisan products: wood, leather, textiles, wrought iron, pottery, precious metals made traditionally or with the latest techniques.
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The Archidado Games:
The casting and offering of the wax candles to Saint Margaret
Cortona
29 and 30 April 2016
29 April at 9.00pm
Casting of candles
In an evocative evening on the beautiful square of the Town Hall, which is illuminated by a few torches only, a group of noblemen representing the five quarters, followed by lower-class people, offers crude wax, straw, wood and produce of their fields in order to welcome the foreigners who will come to Cortona on the Feast Day of Saint Margaret.
30th April – Piazza della Repubblica 4.00 pm
Offering of the candles to Saint Margaret
Shrilling trumpets and a drum roll accompany the five quarters on a costume parade along the main streets of Cortona towards the square. Dames, knights and children, all dressed in medieval costumes, pay homage to the Saint with coloured bunches of flowers.
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Kite Festival
Castiglione del Lago
26.04.16| 30.04.16 and 01.05.16
The delightfully colourful event in Umbria, “Coloriamo i cieli” captivates adults and children alike in the magnificent setting of Castiglione del Lago on the banks of Lake Trasimeno. Hundreds of kites and hot air balloons of all shapes and sizes colour the town’s skies at this entertaining festival.
Pienza and Flowers
Pienza
01.05.16 | 15.05.16
Pienza welcomes spring with a floral explosion!
“Pienza e i fiori” returns for a special edition with an Italian garden in the courtyard of Palazzo Piccolomini.
Twenty years ago, Pienza was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Eight years later, the landscape of the Val d’Orcia got the same recognition, thus enhancing the value of the union between the monuments and the greenery that surrounds and preserves it. Therefore, it’s only natural that the 31st edition of the highly successful “Pienza and the flowers”, the most anticipated event of Pientine spring, is dedicated to the UNESCO recognition and what it means in terms of commitment and protection.
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Spino Historic Car Race
Pieve Santo Stefano
13.05.16 | 15.05.16
The Spino car race is back! With 2016 it reaches the 44th edition along the bends of the provincial road 208 to La Verna, defined as an “auto-drome on the side of a mountain”. As of this year it has been included in the calendar of the “Italian Speed Championship of Vintage Cars”, and also side events such as an exchange show-market of vintage cars will be on in Pieve S. Stefano.
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Maggio Ceri Festival
Gubbio
15.05.16
It is not easy to "tell the story" of the Festival of the Ceri. It is one of the oldest, if not the oldest Italian folklore display. The festival has always played a fundamental role in the heart of the Eugubina community. An in-depth study of the festival's origins and numerous meanings is something that we are happy to leave to scholars. Its origins are obscure, it is enough to know that there are two basic hypotheses: one religious and one pagan.
Maggiolata in Lucignano
Lucignano
22/24/29.05.2016
The Maggiolata of Lucignano is their most important event and clearly linked to the best Tuscan rural traditions, a revival of ancient celebrations for the new summer season after the long winter. A ceremonial rite for a bountiful harvest.This year the four competing 'contrade' or districts, will create the floral wagons which will be nothing short of magical and picturesque on the theme "The inventions that changed our lives" .
Blue-White Medieval Festival
Castiglion Fiorentino
27/29.05.15 - 01/05.06.16
The blue-white medieval Festival takes place in the beautiful surroundings of the fortress of Castiglion Fiorentino offering popular games, flea markets, taverns, antiques, pageants and other typical local activities and crafts.
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