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| Introduction | The Surrounding Area | Events |
31 January: San Gimigiano - Patron saint's festival
March : Impruneta - Flower Market
25 March - Pisa - The City's 'New Year' festivities
April : Impruneta - - Flower Market
April : Impruneta - Antiques Show
Easter : Florence - Piazza Duomo - Scoppio del Carro e volo della Colombina (fireworks and flight of the dove)
Good Friday : Grassina - Passion Play
Ascension Sunday : Florence - Festa del grillo (fair in the Cascine Park)
25 April: Panzano - La festa della "Stagion Bona" (fair)
May : Impruneta - Antiques Show
May : Impruneta - In the cloisters - Festa della Primavera (Spring show)
16 June : Pisa - Luminaria di San Ranieri (Torchlit procession)
17 June : Pisa - Regata Storica di San Ranieri (Boat race)
19 June : Arezzo - Giostra del Saracino (Jousting by knights in armour)
24 June : Florence - Fireworks for the feast of San Giovanni, patron saint of Florence
June : Pisa - Il gioco del ponte (mock battle in costume)
June : San Quirico d'Orcia - Federico Barbarossa
June : Florence - Piazza S. Croce - Medieval costumed football
June /July /August : Impruneta - Sali al Pozzo festival with live music, theatre, outdoor cinema
June /July /August : Florence - Florentine Summer with live music, theatre, outdoor cinema
June/ July / August: Fiesole - Fiesole Summer with dance, live music, and prose in the fine Roman Theatre
15 July : Siena - Palio di Siena in Piazza del Campo (horse race)
25 July : Pistoia - La giostra dell'Orso (joust of the bear)
July : Palio of san Paolino
August : Massa Marittima - Il Balestro del Girifalco (crossbow competition)
16 August : Siena - Palio in Piazza del Campo
September : Florence - La Rificolona (children's procession with coloured lanterns)
September : Impruneta - Wine week-end with wine tastings in the square
September (last Sunday) : Impruneta - Festa dell'Uva (procession of allegorical floats, music, dancing)
September : Volterra - L'Astiludio (flag-throwers' show)
September : Pienza - Il cacio al fuso
5 September : Arezzo - Giostra del Saracino (Jousting by knights in armour)
12 September: San Sepolcro - Palio della Balestra (crossbow matches)
13 September: Lucca - La Leggenda del Volto Santo (procession of sacred painting)
End of September : Castello di Cafaggio - Grape Harvest
October : Montalcino - La sagra del tordo (feast)
October (usually the week of 18th October) : Impruneta - fair of San Luca, the patron saint of Impruneta, with street market, livestock sale, games and rides
November : Castello di Cafaggio - Olive harvest and new extra vergin olive oil production
December : Impruneta - Christmas with special events and tastings of the new oil and wine
December : Impruneta - Christmas concert
December : Anghiari - Tableux vivants
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"The Easter Sunday Parade in Florence"
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"Medieval Tournament in Lucca"
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"The Palio in Siena"
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