Alessandra Gardin
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I have been informing my visitors for many years regarding the Traditional Explosion of the Charriot during the Easter Mass, but this year it won't be. It is stupid to have a parade and such an event with nobody around, therefore our Mayor decides to suspend it and devolve the money to help in the emergency.
The ancient tradition of the Explosion of the Charriot dates back to the Crusades, when a noble Florentine of the Pazzi family brought from Jerusalem a few pieces of flintstone of the Holy Sepulcrum. Since that moment we started lighting the candles on Holy Saturday. On Easter day, this year is on April 1st, an enormous charriot pulled by four oxes crossed the city in a slow procession which ends in front of the Cathedral. The Charriot full of fireworks is then connected to the main altar through a wire; at the moment of the "Glory" a little fuse in shape of a dove, is light up and "running" on the wire, hits the Charriot outside creating the explosion of the fireworks! Do not miss the event, therefore book a visit in 2021 with your official licensed guide of Florence!
This year it will be a strange Easter, because we HAVE TO STAY AT HOME!