The Rificolona. Festival of paper lanterns

What you will find

Traditional practice, passed down through the generations, of going round the streets carrying lanterns of coloured paper made up in the most varied shapes, with a candle inside and hanging from the end of a stick. The feast dates back to the mid seventeenth century, and can be connected with the arrival in the city of throngs of peasants and mountain-dwellers who would descend on the city from the surrounding countryside to celebrate the feast of Our Lady in the Church of the Santissima Annunziata. These parties set off on their journey by the light of lanterns of varied shapes attached to the end of a stick, which the Florentines called "rificolone". At 8pm arrival of the "Pilgrims" with welcome of the Band of Impruneta in Piazza Santa Felicita. At 8.30pm: in Piazza Signoria start of the Paper Lanterns Parade. At 9.30pm: arrival of the parade in Piazza Santissima Annunziata and awarding of the best paper lantern. Extraordinary openinig of the Basilica from 9pm to 11pm

From 07/09/2019 to 07/09/2019
Free: yes

For childrens: yes
How to get there: historical centre
Event Location: Piazza SS.Annunziata

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