MEDIEVAL CARNIVAL IN SAN CASCIANO VP

San Casciano Val di Pesa - il carnevale medievale

Carnival never ends!!! 

Sunday, April 7th in San Casciano Val di Pesa, only 20km away from Florence, 

there will be the medieval carnival.

This small town is situated in the middle of the Chianti and Valdelsa district and in year 1326 Castruccio Castracani, the duke of Lucca, took control over the castle of San Casciano and destroyed it.

San Casciano Val di Pesa

And so the fourth edition of the medieval carnival, called the "Siege of Castruccio", brings you back in that difficult period of the city.

The main event will be the "Carousel of the districts" where the five districts the Horse, the Lilium,  the Lion, the Tower and the Rooster will contest "the key of the village" against Castruccio Castracani.

San Casciano Val di Pesa

The free event will start at 10am and go on until sunset.

The artistic direction is entrusted to the "Associazione Culturale Laboratorio Amaltea" and on their website you'll find more useful information.

www.laboratorioamaltea.org