Spello full of flowers on June
June 8th, 2006Views:7495
Do you know the “infiorate” (floral decorations)?
We are really charmed by them, because this is the right period in order to admire some of them, especially if you happen to be going to Umbria.
The “infiorate” (floral decorations) are floral compositions connected with religious and natural themes: they require a very careful preparation.
Just think the making of floral paintings with liturgical figurations must be completed with very fresh flowers and grasses during the course of a single night.
If you wish to admire one of the most famous “infiorate”, you could go to Spello (PG) from 17th to 18th of June, where you’ll be able to notice the Spello’s creativity at work in the medieval town’s streets. Flowers are leitmotiv of this festival, that offers gastronomic tasting, picture exhibitions and entertainment.
But be careful: you’ll be able to enjoy infiorata’s landscape until midday, because, after that time, the procession, leaving from the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, will go along the old steps again, on the floral carpet and …alas the infiorata will be lost!
FESTIVAL 2006 PROGRAMME
THURSDAY 15TH JUNE: h. 20.00 – Full-dress dinner “The Infiorata”. By invitation only.
SATURDAY 17TH JUNE: h. 14.00 – Start of Infiorata’s works. Opening of Nursery Gardening, Painting and Photo fairs.
h. 16.00: “Artists at work”, start of drawings on the streets pavement.
INFIORATA’S NIGHT
Museums, concerts, shows, shops, bar and restaurants, tasting points are opened during all the night for the preparation vigil of Infiorate.
SUNDAY 18TH JUNE: h. 7.00 – End of floral paintings and carpets. Start of judges’ selections. Post cancellation – Spello’s Infiorata.
h. 11.00: Solemn procession of Corpus Christi.
h. 19.00: Infiorate 2006 prize-giving ceremony in Piazza Repubblica.
Museums, shows, gastronomic stands, shops, bar and restaurants are opened during all the night.
Grasses and flowers-based food-and-wine tasting.
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