UMBRIA EVENTS AND FESTIVALS
May
Assisi / ‘National Antique Trade Fair’
One of the biggest springtime events in the antique art trade.
Assisi / ‘Calendimaggio’
A spectacular evocation of medieval and Renaissance costumes and life. The two districts of the town compete in a series of concerts and shows, among amazing floral decorations, torches, flags and candles.
Gubbio / ‘Ceri Race Festival’ – Festa dei Ceri
This festival is one of the most unusual popular events in the religious calendar. In honour of the patron saint St.Urbaldo, three teams compete in a race through the town to the top of Mount Ingino. Carrying the ‘ceri’ – enormous wooden figures symbolising three saints.
Gubbio / ‘Crossbow ‘Palio’ – Palio della Balestra
At this contest held at the end of May, the Crossbow societies of Gubbio and San Sepolcro compete using medieval crossbows and at the end a historical procession in medieval costumes winds through the torch-lit streets.
"Umbria Events & Festivals"