Every year in San Baronto on May 1st there’s a big fair and this year there’s one more reason to celebrate because the Fierucola is 30 years old.
San Baronto’s Fierucola plunges its roots in the Middle Ages: it was a religious celebration at first, the “Forgiveness celebration” or “Cross’ festival”, probably with relation to the Benedictine Abbey in San Baronto. Afterwards it acquired a different kind of nature between sacred and profane and then it became a festival similar to an amusing jaunt. This tradition has stopped for some years and it started again in 1988, thanks to San Baronto’s Pro Loco, to promote the Montalbano’s territory and farmers and artisans’ work and recalls, as in the past, people from Ombrone and Arno’s valleys which keep choosing San Baronto to come “singing May”. The tourists’ participation is very numerous (especially from Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France) not only for this fair but also in spring and summer.
In this big popular festival a great importance is given to artisans, farmers and artists’ market which show the creation of their works with our territory’s typical raw materials: straw, wicker, ceramic, wood, iron, glass, yarns, embroidery, plants, paintings but also toys and objects made with recycled materials and obviously cheese, cured meats, honey, olive oil and wine produced in the farms. There are lots of entertainments and music too by Maggiaioli di Bivigliano, falconry shows by Fabio Bonciolini and much more.
The event is on May 1st in San Baronto (via della Chiesa, Piazza Fra’ Giuseppino Giraldi and “La Fraschetta” green area) from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
For info: prolocoamicidisanbaronto@gmail.com
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