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ABOUT US
HOTEL BIRILLO is in the historical center of La Spezia , in a strategic position.
With a short and nice walk you will reach the train station , the ferry embarkment and bus stops.
From your arrival to the departure we'll try to meet your needs and satisfy every requests.
It's our privilege welcoming you in a nice and kind way, to make you fell at home every day...!
Every morning , for BREAKFAST , HOMEMADE CAKES and BREAD are served , using BIOLOGICAL and
"KM ZERO" ingredients to offer a UNIQUE experience...!!
Never missing a salty buffet with meats and cheese , eggs , local products and savory pies...!
With a short and nice walk you will reach the train station , the ferry embarkment and bus stops.
From your arrival to the departure we'll try to meet your needs and satisfy every requests.
It's our privilege welcoming you in a nice and kind way, to make you fell at home every day...!
Every morning , for BREAKFAST , HOMEMADE CAKES and BREAD are served , using BIOLOGICAL and
"KM ZERO" ingredients to offer a UNIQUE experience...!!
Never missing a salty buffet with meats and cheese , eggs , local products and savory pies...!
SERVICES
PROGRAM
The Viareggio Carnival celebrates in 2020 147 years of life under the sign of a vivid tradition such as the long-established European tradition of Carnival festivals. It is no doubt one of the best known events in Italy. Each year the Viareggio Carnival attracts more than 600.000 spectators gathering to attend the magic of the grand parades of large floats in papier-maché. In 2020, THE CARNIVAL MASKED PARADES will take place on Saturday 1, Sunday 9, Saturday 15, Thursday 20, Sunday 23 and Tuesday 25 February 2020 along the extraordinary Liberty seaside boulevards.
Carnevale di Viareggio 2020
Program
Saturday 1 February @ 4 p.m.
Opening Ceremony
1st GIANT FLOAT PARADE – Evening Inauguration
Firework show and music to follow
Sunday 9 February @ 3 p.m.
2nd GIANT FLOAT PARADE
Saturday 15 February @ 5 p.m.
3rd GIANT FLOAT PARADE - Evening
Thursday 20 February @ 6 p.m.
4th GIANT FLOAT PARADE - Evening
Firework show to follow
Sunday 23 February @ 3 p.m.
5th GIANT FLOAT PARADE
Tuesday 25 February @ 3 p.m.
6th & Final GIANT FLOAT PARADE
Prize giving ceremony
&
Firework show to follow
Carnevale di Viareggio 2020 - Generations.
The month-long event will celebrate the bonds between generations with well-known special guests: mothers, fathers, sons and daughters who have left their mark in the worlds of art, culture, science, entertainment, business and sports.
9 First Class gargantuan papier-mâché allegorical floats (moving theatres towering up 70 feet over the crowds and weighing about 40 tons), 5 Second Class floats 9 Group Masquerades and 8 Individual masquerades will parade along Viareggio’s Liberty-era boardwalk, best known as La Passeggiata.
The peculiarity of the Viareggio Carnival consists in giant, allegorical papier-maché floats - the biggest ones weighing about forty tons - and expresses today the old knowledge that goes back to the ancient ‘trionfi’ (war-victory feastings) of the Renaissance, adhering even more to the building techniques of the big sailing boats, a pride of Viareggio traditions.
Every evening, there are carnival celebrations in all of the city’s different districs. The most famous bars, restaurants, discos, etc., including the largest hotels in Versilia, host colourful all night masked carnival parties.
Real travelling theatres - the allegorical papier-maché floats are the product of the unequalled creativity, of the extraordinary sculpture and painting skill of Viareggio’s ‘magicians’, and are the highest example of this popular art whose language has spread all over the world.
The parades take place in a ring-like circuit 2 kms. long, on the seaside avenue of Viareggio, best known as La Passeggiata.
Here the floats move among the spectators, who can attend the show with no barriers, becoming in turn the protagonists of the parade.
During the Carnival period, Viareggio and it’s Passeggiata become a true open air Museum where people, coming from all over the world, meet to enjoy the event together.
The parades also include folkloristic bands and performers with the most original masks, offering excitement, culture and tradition in a wide programme of entertainment and fun for children and adults.
Viareggio, the Carnival town, also known as the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea for its long sandy beaches, its pine-woods, its beautiful promenade, a natural stage for its Carnival surrounded by the Apuan Alps and the Art Deco architecture of its villas along the seaside, is situated on the northern coast of Tuscany.
The town shows its identity and image to the world thanks to its Carnival. For four consecutive Sundays and during the Mardi Gras parade, thousands of people from Viareggio, and the surrounding areas, take part in this event.
HISTORY
SINCE 1873 THE GREATEST FOLK EVENT
The Carnival of Viareggio was born in 1873 when there was the first parade of festively decorated carriages in the historic Via Regia, the heart of the old town. It was transferred to the Promenade at the beginning of the twentieth century and it has grown in size and popularity year after year. In 1954 the newly RAI sent his first outside live TV just from the Carnival of Viareggio, making it a big media event. In 1958 the report of the parade was broadcast in Eurovision. Nowadays it is the largest Italian folk event with a budget of € 5 million per year.
FROM THE REINASSENCE TO THE BOOM
In 1946, after the Second World War the Carnival of Viareggio flourished again. In 1954 it was chosen as a major media event to merit the first live television outside of the newborn RAI. Four years after the commentary it was in Eurovision. In 1960 the burning of shacks in via Cairoli, where the floats were built , failed to stop the Carnival. The floats yards have been moved away for forty years in the hangars of Marco Polo street.
In 1984 the National Lottery of Viareggio was combined with the competition of the first category floats and in the years 1988-1989 the Italian television “RAI UNO” on Saturday night was dedicated to the confetti of Viareggio.
In 2001 was inaugurated the new Cittadella del Carnevale , an extraordinary architectural complex entirely dedicated to the creation and preservation of the Carnival of Viareggio.
Sixteen Hangars, where the allegorical floats are built, overlook on a giant elliptical square. The Cittadella is also the place where during the summer the major outdoor events take place. Here visitors can find two museums, one dedicated to the history of the Carnival floats and the other to Carnevalotto , a valuable collection of works of art created by contemporary designer.
NOWADAYS
These days the Carnival of Viareggio is even more the protagonist. Every year on Mardi Gras the Carnival of Viareggio is live on national television (RAI 3) to invade into television screens of Italy with the cheerfulness of its spectacular floats. Each year famous guests, politicians and sports figures come in Viareggio to admire their papier - mâché effigy as well as thousands of people decree the success of the event.
The Carnival of Viareggio fills a whole month of daytime and nighttime festivities with parades of allegorical floats, local parties, masked balls and festivals of all kinds.
The Carnival of Viareggio was born in 1873 when there was the first parade of festively decorated carriages in the historic Via Regia, the heart of the old town. It was transferred to the Promenade at the beginning of the twentieth century and it has grown in size and popularity year after year. In 1954 the newly RAI sent his first outside live TV just from the Carnival of Viareggio, making it a big media event. In 1958 the report of the parade was broadcast in Eurovision. Nowadays it is the largest Italian folk event with a budget of € 5 million per year.
FROM THE REINASSENCE TO THE BOOM
In 1946, after the Second World War the Carnival of Viareggio flourished again. In 1954 it was chosen as a major media event to merit the first live television outside of the newborn RAI. Four years after the commentary it was in Eurovision. In 1960 the burning of shacks in via Cairoli, where the floats were built , failed to stop the Carnival. The floats yards have been moved away for forty years in the hangars of Marco Polo street.
In 1984 the National Lottery of Viareggio was combined with the competition of the first category floats and in the years 1988-1989 the Italian television “RAI UNO” on Saturday night was dedicated to the confetti of Viareggio.
In 2001 was inaugurated the new Cittadella del Carnevale , an extraordinary architectural complex entirely dedicated to the creation and preservation of the Carnival of Viareggio.
Sixteen Hangars, where the allegorical floats are built, overlook on a giant elliptical square. The Cittadella is also the place where during the summer the major outdoor events take place. Here visitors can find two museums, one dedicated to the history of the Carnival floats and the other to Carnevalotto , a valuable collection of works of art created by contemporary designer.
NOWADAYS
These days the Carnival of Viareggio is even more the protagonist. Every year on Mardi Gras the Carnival of Viareggio is live on national television (RAI 3) to invade into television screens of Italy with the cheerfulness of its spectacular floats. Each year famous guests, politicians and sports figures come in Viareggio to admire their papier - mâché effigy as well as thousands of people decree the success of the event.
The Carnival of Viareggio fills a whole month of daytime and nighttime festivities with parades of allegorical floats, local parties, masked balls and festivals of all kinds.
