There are thousands of medieval festivals in Italy. One of my favorites of the small festivals is the Disfida in Fivizzano in northern Tuscany. The Disfida is an archery festival in which the local contrade, or neighborhoods, compete. The final night of the Disfida features a parade of people in medieval costume, flag throwers called bandieri, and the archery contest.
I've tried to isolate the people in medieval costume and their interactions from the modern world distractions so that you might get a feel for the medieval period of history that attracts many of us to Italy as a travel destination.
Enjoy our medieval costume pictures. Click each thumbnail to see each picture full size.
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- Picture of horse and rider in medieval garbfivizzano disfida, picture, horse, rider, italy
- Picture of Medieval Men Plotting...revenge?medieval festival picture
- Picture of a man in Medieval costume in Fivizzano, Italymedieval costume, man, picture, fivizzano, italy
- Jester in the Disfida festival in Fivizzano, Italy in Julyitaly picture, medieval festival, joker, picture
- Picture of a juggler with a nose for the job.medieval festival, picture, juggler
- Children in Medieval Costumes - Disfida Festival and Parade in Fivizzanochildren, picture, medieval costume, parade
- Picture of a Medieval Character in the Disfida Paradefivizzano, disfida, picture, Fivizzano Disfida Picture, italy
- Medieval Hunchback - from the Fivizzano Disfida Festival in Julymedieval picture, hunchback, picture
- Picture of a woman carrying a basket on her head.fivizzano disfida picture, festival, women, basket
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