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City Guide - Florence - Special Events | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Special Events Diladdarno (three-week celebration, includes music, exhibitions and street festivals), mid-Mar-early Apr, Altrarno Scoppio del Carro (colourful procession of ox and cart, culminating in a spectacular fireworks display when the cart - lit by a mechanical dove - explodes at 1100), Easter Sunday, through central Florence to Piazza del Duomo Calcio in Costume (football game in medieval dress; part of celebrations for city's patron saint, St John), Jun 24, Piazza Santa Croce Festa del Grillo (bizarre ancient ritual in which live crickets in hand-woven cages are given to loved ones), Jun, Parco delle Cascine Settimani dei Beni Culturali (state museums throw open their doors for free), one week in either April or September |
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