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History of Carnival of Viareggio. The Carnival of Viareggio was born on the 24 th of February 1873 on a Mardi Gras, thanks to the initiative of a group of rich young bourgeois. During one of their usual meetings at the Café of the Casino, they decided to celebrate Carnival with a parade of carriages adorned with flowers, along with the old Via The poster of the Viareggio Carnival 2025 is a tribute to the work that doctor and artist Guglielmo Lippi Francesconi conceived and created one hundred years ago for the 1925 Carnival. On the poster, a graphic reworking of the original, are the dates of the six Parades 2025 scheduled from 8 February to 4 March. Viareggio Carnival (Carnevale di Viareggio), which event on February, picture show in 2012 Promotional cinderella stamp, Italy, 1931. The Carnival of Viareggio (Italian: Carnevale di Viareggio) is a carnival event annually held in the Tuscan city of Viareggio, Italy. It is considered amongst the most renowned carnival celebrations in both Italy Viareggio is a beautiful seaside resort in Versilia Riviera, on the Northern Tuscan coast, between Portofino and Cinque Terre on the North and Pisa on the South, near Lucca and the Apuane Alps. Viareggio Carnival is a 16-day period of fun during the Mardi Gras festivities. It takes place in February and March. The Viareggio Carnival 2025 will run from February 1 to March 3, 2025.The main parades, known as Corsi Mascherati, are typically held on Sundays throughout the carnival season, as well as special dates including Fat Thursday and Mardi Gras. Viareggio Carnival is one of the most important and famous Carnival in Italy, first organized in 1873!. 6 parades on February 8-16-22-27 and March 2-4, 2025 with extraordinary and very colorful allegorical wagons. Since 1873 the Carnival of Viareggio is one of the most colorful and irreverent folkloric events in Italy, thanks to its large papier-mâché floats.Beginning as a parade of decorated carriages, over time it has evolved into a full-fledged traveling show, where moving floats make a fine display surrounded by hundreds of masked figures. It was 1873 when the high society youth of Viareggio had the idea of staging a parade to celebrate Mardi Gras. From then on, the fame of the Carnival in this Tuscan town grew in parallel with that of its allegorical floats, which were increasingly majestic, built in wood, scagliola and jute by the 'Maestri Carristi'. The Viareggio Carnival lasts a whole month with day-time and night-time festivities, the famous parades of floats, local parties, masked balls and festivals of all kinds. It has become a well established European tradition of carnival festivals, with parades and celebrations that are held for the five weekends before lent begins on Ash Wednesday. The Viareggio Carnival is one of the most exciting festivals on Italy's busy calendar. Full of colour, excitement, parades, dancing and artisan-made floats. Witness carnival in Tuscany at its very best. Discover how to get tickets and make the most of this unique experience. Italian Mardi Gras, known locally as Carnevale, is a spectacular celebration that brings colour, excitement, and centuries-old traditions to life across the country.From the iconic masks of Venice to the funny orange battles of Ivrea, Italy’s Carnival season offers a unique blend of history, culture, and revelry that captivates millions of visitors from around the world each year. It’s not only “ Viareggini ” (Viareggio dwellers) that go crazy for the Carnival! Each year celebrities as well as thousands of people go to Viareggio to admire the papier – mâché floats. On Mardi Gras the Carnival is live on RAI 3, national television channel, bringing the cheerfulness of its spectacular floats into Italians’ houses. Don’t Miss out on Viareggio Carnevale! When you think Carnevale, you might picture something like a packed Bourbon Street in New Orleans for Mardi Gras or an elaborate festival with masks and costumes in Rio de Janeiro. Carnevale in Italy is a little different, but it definitely has one thing in common with the other No round-up of Mardi Gras events in Europe would be complete without Venice, a city synonymous with mystery and romance and one known the world over for its Carnival. Spend your days admiring street performances in St. Mark's Square and admiring fellow revelers' head-to-toe costumes, and your nights slinking around a Venetian palace at a Carnevale, Italy’s carnival or mardi gras, is celebrated 40 days before Easter, the day before Lent begins.Although Venice holds the most famous Italian carnival events, there are parades and festivals almost everywhere in Italy, some of them very unusual. The Viareggio Carnival is not the oldest in Italy – it began in 1873 – but it resembles the type of Mardi Gras celebrations that you might see in New Orleans, with papier maché floats, bands, and more. The allegorical constructions will then return to parade Fat Thursday 24, Sunday, February 27, Mardi Gras March 1, Saturday 5 and Saturday, March 12 for the grand finale. The city comes back to color for the 149th year of the Viareggio Carnival, which returns to its traditional calendar after the extraordinary parades of September and October 2021. Here are some suggestions of the country’s most evocative Mardi Gras events! In Italy, Mardi Gras is more commonly known as “Carnevale,” even though Carnival officially refers to the period that goes from the Epiphany (January 6 th) until Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of a period of fasting known as Lent. Dive into Mardi Gras trivia and test your knowledge about the colorful traditions, history, and cultural significance of this lively festival. From the origins of the celebration to fun facts about parades, beads, and costumes, these trivia questions will immerse you in the vibrant spirit of Mardi Gras! Photo courtesy of Fondazione Carnevale di Viareggio. The first parade of festively decorated carriages took place in 1873 on Viareggio’s historic Via Regia, in the heart of the old city. The idea of a parade to celebrate Carnival came from a group of young men from Viareggio’s wealthy families who used to congregate at the local Casino café.
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