Intense preparation work for the event which, from 8 to 23 Junewill keep the spotlight on the city which became, in the seventeenth century, the fulcrum of the Umbrian Renaissance thanks to the court of Prince Federico Cesi known as il Linceoconsidered among the founding fathers ofLincean Academythe first scientific academy in Europe of which Galileo Galilei was also a member.
The three districts of Acquasparta who compete for the “keys” to the city during the festival by challenging themselves in a series of competitions, have designated their From me. Will be Benedetta Pambianco to represent the district of San Cristoforo, Alessia Bonaccorsi instead it will be there Lady of the Porta Vecchia districtWhile Michela Manni she will be the first Lady of the Ghetto district.
“There is one month left until the Renaissance Festival – says Rossano Pastura, President of the Il Rinascimento organization in Acquasparta – the districts are preparing for the big procession, for the challenges. The drums liven up city evenings. The excitement in Acquasparta is palpable for this festival which is also and above all an important moment of community for the citizens. The events of this XXV edition will revolve around central theme of the “Revolutions”from the discovery of the Americas to the affirmation of the Copernican theory. The entire program of this edition is intended to be a tribute to the many innovations that these revolutionary discoveries and theories brought about in all fields of human life and knowledge.”
Of all the events that characterized this period, in fact, two in particular were decisive: the discovery of the Americas by the navigator Christopher Columbus in 1492, who upset the existing structures and balances in the geopolitical, economic, military, commercial, but also agricultural and gastronomic fields, with the importation of new plants, vegetables and edible fruits, and the emergence of the Copernican heliocentric theory, which with the introduction of the scientific method became the starting point of the scientific revolution, strongly supported, among others, by the Pisan physicist and astronomer Galileo Galileiunited by solid friendships with Federico Cesi and with the Accademia dei Lincei.
