Carnival of Viareggio and the new cultural project.

Carnival of Viareggio launches new cultural project of the Citadel. In fact, the “house of carnival machines” becomes a place where the past and the present make carnival known as a place that allows to know the Carnival in its full vitality.

Carnival in Viareggio : when and how it was started.

Carnival is a great show, which unites people first of all. It is also a great cultural and tourist and artistic event. It gives you a thousand smiles, positive emotions and lot of happiness. Besides being a show, carnival is a spectacular manual work done by the artisans of the city who who continue to do ancient craft. Buy tickets Carnival 2020.

According to historical records it was born in 1873, exactly Fat Tuesday. Along the central streets a parade of flowers decorated with carriages was set up, in Lucca and nearby Lucca .In fact the carnival in Viareggio was organized by the bourgeois of Lucca who frequented Teatro Puccini.

Museum of Contemporary Art CARNEVALOTTO.

Carnevalotto is certainly a unique museum, in fact it is contemporary art never seen before. It is located at the Cittadella del Carnevale at the exit of the A12 motorway in Viareggio. In practice, it was built by the 1987 Carnevale Foundation. There are many paintings, sculptures, graphics, posters from 1987 to present.