what it is and what are the scheduled events
The “Florentine Week” will take place from 22 to 27 March in Florence. A series of events designed to best celebrate the Florentine New Year. From Tuesday to Sunday are scheduled: extraordinary openings of museums, historical parades, fairs, markets and music that will involve many realities and city associations.
The councilor for trade and production activities Federico Gianassi and the delegate of the mayor for the enhancement and promotion of Florentine traditions and Mirco Dinamo Rufilli spoke about it in depth.
Florentine New Year: all the events in the city
“The Florentine New Year represents a moment of re-enactment that recalls strong historical roots – said the commissioner Gianassi – and it is the time to promote initiatives and events in the city dedicated to us Florentines. For this reason we have decided to want the Florentine week for the first time, many events that go hand in hand with the traditional New Year’s celebrations “.
“We decided to create ‘the week of the Florentine’ to create a moment that would enhance various aspects of Florentine life – added Rufilli – and perhaps there was no better occasion than the Florentine New Year. The Florentine New Year is one of those important moments in our history but which is still a little to be discovered and with this sort of city festival, which over time we hope will become a fixed appointment, we can make it known more and use it to promote our the most beautiful excellences and traditions “.
You can download it in PDF format the program of events.
Florentine New Year: special tours to discover the city
Why is New Year’s Eve celebrated on March 25 in Florence?
The Florentine New Year is an official holiday of the Municipality of Florence and is celebrated on 25 March. A feast day that recalls that up to 1750 for Florence the calendar year began on March 25, the feast of the Annunciation. In 1582 the Gregorian calendar came into force which established the start of the year on January 1st, but Florence continued to celebrate its calendar with stubborn tradition with the “Florentine style” celebrating March 25 as its own New Year, until 1749, when the Grand Duke Francesco II of Lorraine imposes the date of January 1st as the official day for the beginning of the year.