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| AREZZO ANTIQUES FAIR |
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| Arezzo |
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Date of the event: Every first Sunday of each month, beginning from the preceding
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02-03 January 2010
06-07 February 2010
06-07 March 2010
03-04 April 2010
01-02 May 2010
05-06 June 2010
03-04 July 2010
31 July - 01 August 2010
04-05 September 2010
02-03 October 2010
06-07 November 2010
04-05 December 2010
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Photo by: Archivio APT/Andrea Barghi
The “Fiera Antiquaria” takes place every month in the wonderful scenery
of Piazza Grande and in the small streets nearby. The first edition dates back
to June 2nd, 1968. About 500 exhibitors coming from all over Italy meet there
every first Sunday of each month and the preceding Saturday. You can find furniture,
ceramics, pieces of China, jewels, glassware, fabrics, watches, sculptures, paintings,
iron and copper items, as well as trinkets of all sorts. |
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| VALDARNO ANTIQUES FAIR |
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| Terranuova Bracciolini |
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Date of the event: Every second Sunday of the month, except August.
10 January 2010
14 February 2010
14 March 2010
11 April 2010
09 May 2010
13 June 2010
11 July 2010
12 September 2010
10 October 2010
12 November 2010
12 December 2010
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Photo by: Archivio Comune Terranuova Bracciolini
The Fair is held in Piazza della Repubblica and Via Roma. |
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| FOIANO CARNIVAL |
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| Foiano della Chiana |
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Date of the event: 31 January - 7 February | 14 February - 21 February 2010
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Photo by: Archivio APT/Andrea Barghi
This is one of the oldest carnivals in Italy. The four districts of the town, Bombolo, Azzurri, Rustici and Nottambuli challenge each other through the creative skills displayed in their papier mâché floats featuring personalities, stories and legends. |
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| 35th CRAFT FAIR OF THE TIBER VALLEY |
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| Anghiari |
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Date of the event: 24 April - 2 May
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Photo by: Archivio APT/Andrea Barghi
This fair represents the confirmation and promotion of Anghiari's craft vocation, consistently proving to be one of the most eagerly awaited events of the year. |
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| MAGGIOLATA LUCIGNANESE |
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| Lucignano |
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Date of the event: 23 and 30 May 2010
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Photo by: Archivio APT/Andrea Barghi
The event takes place on the last two Sundays of May. Floats of flowers parade through the mediaeval town along accompanied by folklore groups with a vast repertory of dances and songs. |
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| MEDIAEVAL WEEK (last day GIOSTRA DELL'ARCHIDADO) |
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| Cortona |
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Date of the event: May - June 2010
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Photo by: Archivio Comune di Cortona
The joust known as the Giostra dell'Archidado revokes the wedding between Francesco Casali, Lord of Cortona, and the noblewoman Antonia Salimbeni of Siena, which took place in1397.
It is a contest of skill between archers for the conquest of the golden arrow.
Over 250 costumed figures. Processions and religious reconstructions from the first day.
The contest is held in Piazza Signorelli. |
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| JOUST OF SARACEN |
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| Arezzo |
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Date of the event: 19 June 2010 (by night) and 5 September 2010
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Photo by: Archivio APT/Andrea Barghi
It is an ancient knights' tournament which has its roots in the Middle Ages.
The tournament was held frequently in Arezzo between the sixteenth and the seventeenth
century.
The colourful procession, involving more than three hundred participants, winds
through the streets of the city, accompanied by musicians and Arezzo's famous "Sbandieratori" standard
wavers, before going into Piazza Grande, one of the most characteristic squares
in Italy where the tournament will take place. The horsemen charge the huge effigy
of the Saracen at a full gallop and armed with lances. The tournament is enlivened
by continual turns of events, determined by the skill and by the luck of eight
jousters, two from each quarter. The quarter whose horsemen get the highest score
on the shield of the Saracen wins the Golden Lance, the prized trophy made each
year by an Aretine craftsman.
The joust as such is preceded in the morning by the "bollatura" (identification
and acceptance) of the horses that will participate in the afternoon tournament
and by the reading of the proclamation in the most important squares within the
area of the historical center.
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| PALIO DEI RIONI |
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| Castiglion Fiorentino |
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Date of the event: 20 June 2010
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Photo by: Archivio APT/Andrea Barghi
On the third Sunday of June the Palio dei Rioni is held, a Roman-style horse race that focuses the competitive skills and the ancient rivalry between the "Rioni" or districts of Porta Cassero, Porta Fiorentina and Porta Romana.
The event is preceded by an impressive historic-folklore procession which fills the old town centre with suggestive moments of ancient mediaeval life. |
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| SAGRA DELLA BISTECCA |
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| Cortona |
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Date of the event: 14 - 15 - 16 August 2010
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Photo by: Archivio Comune di Cortona
The "Sagra della Bistecca" is a gastronomic event which celebrates the meat
of the famous Valdichiana veals. It takes place outdoors, in the comfortable
gardens of the Parterre. Every year more and more people go to Cortona and taste
thousands of "bistecca", an inch thick charcoal-broiled steak on the bone.
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| PALIO DEI CASTELLI |
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| Badia Tedalda |
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Date of the event: August 2010
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Photo by: Associazione Palio dei Castelli
The Palio dei Castelli of Badia Tedalda is one of the very few events which can boast that it offers the public a historic reconstruction that is completely free. Effectively, over the three days of the event, from the drawing of lots among the Knights to the liturgical torchlight procession, from the performances of the jesters and fire-eaters through to the actual tournament with the lances and rings, those who attend the Palio dei Castelli do not have to pay for anything at all, except what they may wish to spend at the ancient taverns or at the gastronomic stands. |
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| INTERNATIONAL POLYPHONIC COMPETITION "GUIDO D'AREZZO" |
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| Arezzo |
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Date of the event: 15-19 September
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Photo by: Fondazione "Guido d'Arezzo"
The "Concorso Polifonico Internazionale Guido d'Arezzo" is organized by the "Fondazione Guido d'Arezzo". Since 1953 it has been the most important event in the world as far as choral music is concerned. It offers a wide range of repertories, styles and authors. It is not a folklore event, but the only competition in the world that aims at improving the polyphonic music culture. |
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| STONE CARVING EXHIBITION |
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| Castel San Niccolò |
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Date of the event: Strada in Casentino August 2011
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Photo by: Archivio APT/Andrea Barghi
From 2004 the exhibition will be held every two years. The next edition will be held in the period August-September 2009.
The old town centre will be transformed into an open-air museum hosting the works of artists and pietra serena stone carvers. |
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| XL VIII CORTONANTIQUARIA |
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| Cortona |
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Date of the event: August - September 2010
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Photo by: Archivio APT/Andrea Barghi
The "Cortonantiquaria" takes place in Cortona. It is one of the most
important antique furniture fairs in Europe.
The exhibition is housed in Palazzo Vagnotti, a superb example of XVII century
architecture, located in the old town centre. The outstanding scenery of the
exhibition, together with furnishings bring to mind the great princely mansions,
making the Cortona event original and noteworthy. More than 40 exhibitors are
rigorously selected by a special commission. Furniture, jewellery, tapestry and
bronzes are some of the objects displayed together in the exhibition.
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| 18th EUROPEAN BIENNAL WROUGHT IRON EXHIBITION |
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| Stia |
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Date of the event: September 2011
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Photo by: Archivio APT/Andrea Barghi
Fair of artistic wrought iron craftsmanship, featuring the traditional forging championship. |
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| PALIO DELLA BALESTRA |
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| Sansepolcro |
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Date of the event: 12 September 2010
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Photo by: Archivio APT/Andrea Barghi
It has been a tradition since the Middle Ages that every year in May the crossbowmen
from Sansepolcro go to Gubbio to compete in honour of Saint Ubaldo, and on the
second Sunday of September the crossbowmen from Gubbio return their visit and
compete in honour of Saint Egidio.
The crossbowmen from Sansepolcro and participants to the procession wear Renaissance
costumes reproducing those of the frescoes by Piero della Francesca.
The target of the crossbow shooting is called “corniolo” and is located
at a distance of 36 meters from the crossbow. A special jack is employed to bend
the crossbows. During the shooting the weapons are laid on a particular bench
owing to their heavy weight.
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| 15th INTERNATIONAL LACE BIENNIAL |
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| Sansepolcro |
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Date of the event: 11 September - 31 October 2010
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Photo by: Biennale Internazionale del Merletto
The International Lace Biennial is held in the prestigious premises of Palazzo Inghirami, the Oratory of San Rocco, the Oratory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, the Palazzo Pretorio, the Church of San Lorenzo and the Auditorium of Santa Chiara. The purpose of the event is to promote and encourage the art of lace-making. The 2010 edition's is dedicated to Alessandro Filipepi named "Il Botticelli" on the 500th anniversary of his death in Florence. |
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| FORMS OF WOOD - Art, Craft and Culture of Wood - Biennial even |
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| Pratovecchio |
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Date of the event: October 2010
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Photo by: Archivio Comune di Pratovecchio
This event represents an appointment aimed at the valorisation of wood craftsmanship and of the history of its utilisation in human activities over time, to tell the story of the Casentino valley where the transformation of wood has at length been the mainstay of the economy. |
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| CARNIVAL OF THE FIGLI DI BOCCO |
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| Castiglion Fibocchi |
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Date of the event: 31 January - 7 February 2010
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Photo by: Archivio Comune Castiglion Fibocchi
The Carnival of the Figli di Bocco is held in the old town centre, with imaginative masks and costumes of sophisticated elegance. |
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"I CENTOGUSTI DELL'APPENNINO"
(The hundred flavours of the Appenines) Fair of Rural Tourism and the typical Flavours of our distirict |
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| Anghiari |
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Date of the event: November 2010
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Photo by: Archivio di Anghiari
35 different enterprises, set up in the shops of the mediaeval town, will promote their activities with tastings of their typical products. The fragrances, tastes and colours of the Apennines are those of mushrooms, truffles, preserved and prized meats, cheeses, chestnut flour, honeys and jams. The itinerary of the show is enhanced and rounded off by the presence of the Terre di Arezzo Wine Road, offering guided tastings of the wines from the associated Arezzo estates organised by professional sommeliers. As well as this, the consortiums for the promotion of tourism and rural holidays will be promoting the rural tourism on offer in the Tiber valley. |
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