Folklore: historical pageants
Tuscany boasts many historical pageants that, especially during the summer, enrich our land with colours and parades. The Palio of Siena, the Giostra del Saracino of Arezzo and the Calcio in Costume of Florence are amongst the best known events and a must see. You will be astonished also by the ones carried out in the little hamlets throughout the region.
We propose you a list of the events (periodically updated) among which to choose. We will be happy to explain to you the origins and the meaning of our traditions that stem from a far-off past. Among rich brocades, laces, velvets, pearls and crowns, you will admire historical pageants, flag throwers and contests between knights, all in the frame of a medieval Tuscan hamlet. It will seem as if you have stepped back several centuries in time: a day to remember!
Click here to see the program of May!
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