Last minute Events Città della Pieve

Music - CAN YOU SEE ME - JIMI HENDRIX Exibition at Città della Pieve from 19 july to 3 august: see the programme...
Music - Umbria trasimeno lake - Soul Christmas:Umbria Gospel Festival from 8th december to 6th january near to lake trasimeno...
Music - Bianco rosso and blues - Lago Trasimeno, 23th september -4th november:meetings every saturday in the surroundings of lake trasimeno with wine and...
Festivity - Christmas 2005 - the town of Città della Pieve is organizing the following programme:...
Festivity - PALIO DEI TERZIERI - From 12 august to 21 august at città della Pieve the "Palio dei terzieri"...

It is a recalling which is inspired by the ancient "contrasti" (fights, quarrels), very frequent incidents in medieval and Renaissance town life. Each of the three parts in which the town is divided (Borgo Dentro, Casalino and Castello), compete in a captivating competition of archery where they used targets in the form of a bull. The argument is surrounded by a series of music and theatre performances, all inspirited by the atmosphere of the Renaissance, the time when Pietro Perugino lived and worked. In the historical procession, which precedes the proper Palio more than 700 minor figures in period, costumes are involved. With the Palio dei Terzieri and La Caccia del Toro go hand in hand the decoration of the inns Taverne dei Terzieri, characteristic places where local dishes of the Umbrian and Tuscan cookery are served. The event takes place at Città della Pieve in August.

December: Monumental Crib - In the Palazzo della Corgna’s basement, which is full of atmosphere the Terziere Castello (one of the three parts in which the town is divided), prepares a monumental crib with yearly varying theme in honour of Perugino’s famous fresco “The Adoration of the Three Kings''.
Eastern: The Living Pictures - This time it is the turn of the Terziere Borgo Dentro to organize the performance of living scenes, which represent the passion, death and resurrection of Christ. More than 40 minor figures give life to proper ''living pictures'' taken from famous paintings like ''The Last Supper'', ''Ecce Homo'', ''The flagellation'' and ''The Descent from the Cross''. The event takes place in the basement rooms of the Palazzo Orcia in the Eastern period.
June: Infiorata of St Luigi Gonzaga - In the Via Pietro Vannucci the inhabitants of the Terziere Casalino dedicate to their protector flower decorations and designs, which are inspired by the Renaissance painting and that of Perugino.
Period of Easter: Exhibition market for local agroindustrial and artisan products of the territory Trasimeno-Pievese-Orvietana-Valdichiana-Valdorcia -
July: Trasimeno Blues - Festival of Blues music.