/ HISTORICAL EVENTS
/ Giugno Pisano 2023
The programme of the Giugno Pisano 2023 is a programme of events centred around the celebrations for the patron saint of the city of Pisa, San Ranieri. The highlight is the night of the feast eve with the Luminara (Friday 16 June) and the following…
/ The Game of the Bridge 2023
The Gioco del Ponte will take place on Saturday 24 June 2023. It is one of the highlights of the Giugno Pisano, together with the Luminara and the Palio. THE GAME Every last Saturday in June, twelve teams of twenty players each face off, pushing…
/ The Palio of San Ranieri 2023
The Palio di San Ranieri takes place every year in Pisa on 17 June. In the waters of the Arno, the four boats representing the four historical quarters of the city compete: San Francesco (yellow boat), San Martino (red boat), Santa Maria (blue boat…
/ Luminara of San Ranieri 2023
On Friday 16 June, the eve of the city's patron saint San Ranieri, the Luminara di San Ranieri, one of the highlights of the Giugno Pisano, returns to Pisa. More than 100,000 wax candles, positioned on the façades of the buildings, will illuminate…
/ Capodanno Pisano. Pisa enters 2024
On Saturday 25 March Pisa, according to tradition, enters the year 2024. The main rendezvous will be in the Cathedral when the ceremony of the sunbeam marking the passage into the new year will take place at midday. It is a tradition that goes back…
/ Celebration of the Day of St. Anthony the Abbot 2023
The Day of St. Anthony Abbot, the day on which the "Battagliaccia" is remembered, is approaching. On Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 6 p.m., at the Church of St. Anthony in Pisa, the traditional celebration of the Dì di Sant'Antonio Abate, the day on which the…
/ Feast of the Sacred Vow to San Ranieri 2023
On Saturday 14 January 2023, in the church of Santa Maria della Spina, Pisa celebrates the 246th anniversary of the Feast of the Sacred Vow to Saint Ranieri. The story. To thank the patron, to whom a prayer of protection had been addressed, for…
/ LIBERTAS PISARUM - Feast of the Second Pisan Republic (10 November 1494)
LIBERTAS PISARUM - Feast of the Second Pisan Republic (10 November 1494) DATE: Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 November 2022PLACE: FORTRESS OF THE CITADEL - PISA ORGANISATION OF THE RE-EVOCATIVE EXHIBITION: Ground Floor - Exhibition of Statuettes of the…
/ Historical re-enactment of the Siege of the Stampace Bastion
On Sunday 18 September, the historical re-enactment of the siege of the Stampace Bastion in 1499 will be staged. On the death of the King of France Charles VIII (7 April 1498), who had restored freedom to the Pisans, creating the conditions for the…
/ Palio di San Ranieri 2022
The Regatta or Palio di San Ranieri takes place every year in Pisa on 17 June. In the waters of the Arno, the four boats representing the city's four historic districts compete: San Francesco (yellow boat), San Martino (red boat), Santa Maria (blue…