It’s the weekend Flower displays in Spello. The Umbrian village expresses, in all its splendor, i spring colors through the narrow and suggestive streets of Old Town. The preparations have begun Friday 31 May and continued throughout the day Saturday 1 June. From the last stages of picking flowers to the assembly of protective tensile structures until the early stages of drawing and the gluing of the sketches on the streets. It’s going to be a long night, where i millions of colorful flower petals they will be positioned on the pavement of the streets, ready for the big day. At the dawn of Sunday 2 JuneThe inflorators of Spello they will keep their floral works fresh by misting water. The program includes passage of the jury and photographers at 8 am procession who, as per tradition, will trample the works, recalling the ephemeral sense of their beauty. To preside, together with Don Diego Casinithe holy mass in the church of Saint Lawrenceat 10 am, and the solemn Corpus Domini processionat 11, will be the Cardinal Giuseppe Betorioriginally from Foligno, archbishop emeritus of Florence. Tourists and visitors they will be able to admire the completed works in all their splendor and along the way they will be able to stop in front of the Museum of flower displays to participate, from 8 to 12, in the traditional philatelic cancellation That Italian post dedication to flower displays of Spello: the celebratory postcarda limited edition, and created again this year by the master Elvio Marchionniit’s a Madonna with child (Tear no. 943. Homage to Spello). Space also for horticultural market exhibition and crafts (until 6pm) and the bonsai exhibition and of historical photography of the Circolo Cine Foto Amatori Hispellum in the town hall, and the art sites of Spello: the Villa of Mosaics (10.30-13.30 / 15.00-19.00) and the Civic Art Gallery (10-13.00 / 15-19.00). In the afternoon it will be there live music to cheer the audience: the duo The Shadow of BlascoVasco Rossi’s tribute band with Stefano Marconi (vocals) and Giulio Pocecco (electric guitar), will perform in the square of Sant’Andrea starting from 4.30 pm while waiting for the awards of the 61st competition of the flower displays of Spello which will award the coveted trophy Propertius to the overall winner who will enter the roll of honor.
