Spello's Infiorata 21/22/06/2014
The suggestive infiorata of Spello takes place on occasion of the Corpus Domini. During the night of flowers, hundreds of Spello citizens work to create beautiful flower carpets that colour the streets and town squares of the Spello hamlet the next morning.
Giostra della Quintana from 01/06 to 15/06
A historical event in original-like costumes that takes place in the city of Foligno, it consists in a jousting contest of 10 knights representing 10 quarters of the city, the 10 knights reaching galloping speed must insert a spear into a series of rings dangling from the right arm of a statue portraying the Mars god. The contest is crowned by the historical parade with 600 characters dressed in seventeenth-century like costumes.
Cantine Aperte (Open Wine Cellars) 24/25 May
The most important enogastronomic event in Italy, a unique opportunity to taste and visit the Umbrian wine cellars favouring a direct contact with wine enthusiasts.
The Gaite Market from the 19th to the 29th of June
The most important medieval re-enactment of Europe takes place in Bevagna with the Gaite market. Moments of daily life and antique medieval trades are proposed once again in the quarters of Bevagna, medieval town immersed in the Umbrian countryside.
Fioritura of Castelluccio
The blossoming of the Castelluccio di Norcia plateau is one of the most beautiful phenomenons that nature can offer us. Between the end of May and the first days of July the Castelluccio plateau is covered by flowers of different shades presenting an unbeatable show.
LIVE NATIVITY SCENE IN MARCELLANO
XXVIII edition of the live nativity scene in Marcellano, village of Gualdo Cattaneo in the province of Perugia, a commemoration of the birth of Christ that is accurately based on the accounts from the Gospels. Inside the XII Century Castle, more than one hundred actors give life to traditional scenes tied to Baby Jesus coming to this earth, commemorating, up to the minutest detail, the fundamental moments and activities of that period.
Ice nativity scene in Massa Martana
A 20 sqm nativity scene that is completely made of ice, the characters, the manger, the 2 m high palm tree, that almost seem crystal and shine as if they were lit up by one million lights. Presepi d'Italia, (Nativity Scenes of Italy) is part of the program from Christmas night until the Epiphany, it is a national event that attracts more than 20,000 visitors and is housed in 25 rooms in the historical centre of Massa Martana where the atmosphere made even more magic by the Christmas music heard within the alleys and the bonfires that the old folk of the town light every night in the town squares.