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On June 19, 2010 was held the nocturnal edition of the Saracino jouster in Arezzo, Tuscany. What is the Saracino? It is a medieval reenactment of a horse jouster. It is a massive scenic event that involves the entire city. The four opponents represent the four districts of Arezzo that fight against one another to [...]
Since 2009 there is a fun game that unites treasure hunting, technology, history, art and curious facts. It is called Firenze 2054. What is it all about? A map, a cell phone and a notebook full of stories to decipher. This is everything participants need to discover the mysteries of Florence living a true urban [...]
There are many traditions in Tuscany that are not as famous as the Palio of Siena or the Calcio in Costume of Florence, or again as the Gioco del Ponte in Pisa. Some are minor traditions that nevertheless used to be very present and popular in Tuscany up to a few decades ago. Some are [...]
The coming of nice weather in Tuscany brings many fairs and celebrations that each year return renovated and enriched by events and appointments. Street artists, gastronomic events and social dinners, street costume parades, and musical events are just some examples of the many attractions taking place in medieval villages and hamlets. Serremaggio is a town [...]
Tuscany is a very devoted land where catholic faith is rooted in the culture. Through the centuries the popular expression of this faith has developed a great many characteristic rituals that differ from town to town. It is in the Tuscan towns that these celebrations have survived, much more than in cities. Florence is an [...]
The father of the Italian language, the highest poet, the master pillar of the Tuscan and Italian cultural heritage, author of the first vulgar masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, often cited for its most famous Inferno. The news, which is outraging all the Tuscan people, and also all of Italy is that Dante Alighieri was not [...]
On March 26, 2010 opened the exhibit dedicated to the Sienese Renaissance from Jacopo della Quercia to Donatello. The exhibit will close on July 10, 2010, and can be found at the Santa Maria della Scala museum complex. There are 306 works on display, twenty polyptychs have been rebuilt for the occasion, 25 restorations have [...]
This is the second part of the events in Tuscan towns in March 2010. For the first part click here. The weekends of March 13 and 19 will be celebrated in Fucecchio near Florence the Sagra del Fegatello, or the liver fair. A very typical product, not to be missed if you like liver. Finally [...]
With the approaching of the spring season the number of fairs are increasing by the day and moving from indoor locations to the outdoors in piazzas and town streets. There is a great number of Tuscan towns that add to the many events with their local flavor and personal twist their one of a kind [...]
Easter is approaching fast, April 4, 2010 will be in less than a month from today. Easter in Tuscany, like in the rest of Italy, is a very important part of the local tradition. There are a number of appointments and rituals that take place each year during the period that precedes the Easter Sunday. [...]
