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Events: dates for your diary
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
1TASTE FIRENZE 26-28/03/2022 Stazione Leopolda The return of Taste, the Pitti Immagine event that presents the very best of Italian gastronomy, wine and contemporary food culture. This year Taste changes venue, moving from Stazione Leopolda to Fortezza da Basso, offering a new journey of discovery into the diversity of flavours. 2FESTIVAL DEL MAGGIO MUSICALE 12/04 - 16/07/2022 Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Six operas, 10 symphonies and even a show for children, Ayda: the Maggio Musicale festival is back with a packed programme for its 84th edition.
3SCOPPIO DEL CARRO 17/04/2022 Piazza del Duomo Every year, Florence celebrates Easter Sunday with the Scoppio del Carro, also known as Brindellone, in which a cart is pulled by two oxen through the city streets to Piazza del Duomo. The archbishop then uses the holy fire to light a dove-shaped rocket (the Colombina), which strikes the cart, causing it to explode in a spectacular firework display.
4MIDA 24/04 - 1/05/2022 Fortezza da Basso Every year the Florence International Crafts Fair fills Fortezza da Basso with creatives and artisan companies of every size and type, giving visitors a sense of the richness, variety and quality of a sector that’s both ancestral and innovative; interest is always keen.
IRIS GARDEN
May Viale Michelangiolo, 82, Viale Giuseppe Poggi, 3/C
5This beautiful garden in Piazzale Michelangelo was created in 1954 to host the annual International Iris Competition. The ‘Premio Firenze’ is an initiative of Flaminia Specht and Nita Stross Radicati, members of the Italian Amici dei Fiori society and passionate hybridisers. It opens only in May.
FAI SPRING DAYS
26-27/03/2022
CAPODANNO FIORENTINO
25/03/2022 The Catholic Church has celebrated the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary since ancient times. From the 7th century the date has been fixed: 25 March, nine months before Christmas and the birth of Jesus Christ. Until 1750, the Florentine New Year was celebrated on 25 March, marking the start of the secular year with the feast of Maria Santissima. The key annual event for the FAI (Italian environment foundation), during which, since 1993, more than 14,000 art and nature sites all over Italy have been opened to the public. As ever, this year the protagonist will be an extraordinarily rich heritage, to 6 be explored in visits run by FAI volunteers to more than 700 places in the city that are little-known or usually closed to the public.
Villa La Massa vi invita a festeggiare la Pasqua sulle rive dell’Arno all’insegna della buona tavola. Un percorso di gusto tra le prelibatezze del nostro Chef, le tradizionali uova di cioccolato e le immancabili colombe nella cornice unica del ristorante Il Verrocchio. Un’occasione speciale per godersi le prime giornate di primavera immersi nel verde del Chianti, a pochi minuti da Firenze
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