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Florence Event: La Cavalcata dei Re Magi (The Procession of the Magi)
6 January
Old city center
Tel. +39.0552302885

Florence Event: Scoppio del Carro (The Explosion of th Cart)
Easter Sunday
Piazza Duomo
Every year, on Easter Sunday, the cart is drawn by four oxen to the Piazza del Duomo. At twelve o'clock a rocket in the form of a dove is launched from the high altar and runs along a wire to reach the cart where it sets off the fireworks.

Florence Event: Opening to the public of the Giardino dell'Iris (Iris Garden) and international competition
May
Tel. +39.055483112

Florence Event: La Fiorita for Fra Girolamo Savonarola
23 May
Piazza della Signoria
Tel. +39.05527681
A mass is celebrated in honour of the famous friar, followed by the strewing of flowers at the point in the square where he was burnt at the stake.

Florence Event: Festa del Grillo (Feast of the Ascension)
Sunday of the Ascension
Cascine Park
Every year on the Sunday of the Ascension, a lively market is held in the Cascine Park, where it is possible to buy crickets in brightly-coloured cages. In the past, it was the custom for young men to deck with flowers the doors and windows of the dwellings of their sweethearts, and to present them with the gift of a cricket.

Florence Event: Calcio Storico Fiorentino (Florentine Historic Football)
June
Piazza Santa Croce
Tel. +39.0552616052
On 19, 24 and 28 June, three football matches are played in Piazza Santa Croce, with over 500 actors and players in sixteenth-century costumes. The four teams represent the four historic districts of the city centre.

Florence Event: Fuochi di San Giovanni (St. John's Day firework display)
24 June
Tel. +39.055094174
Every year, on 24 June, the city celebrates its patron, St. John. In the morning a procession leaves from Palazzo Vecchio, bearing candles to te saint. In the evening a firework dispay is held in Piazzale Michelangelo.

Florence Event: Festa della Rificolona
7 September
This is the children's feast; every year on 7th September they carry lanterns suspended at the end of sticks, known as "rifilicone", through the streets and squares of the city.

Florence Event: Walk on the terrace of the Duomo
8 September
Santa Maria del Fiore
tel. +39.0552302885