Sicily, Italy | Sicilian Carnival 2024: Carnevale di Acireale | Piazza del Duomo | Seize the Moment

Sicily, Italy | Sicilian Carnival 2024: Carnevale di Acireale | Piazza del Duomo | Seize the Moment

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Acireale Carnival is the most beautiful carnival in Sicily. The great festival dates back to the 16th century. The floats decorated with flowers and allegorical figures in papier-mâché parade through the streets of town and reach Piazza del Duomo, accompanied by music, confetti, masks and traditional puppets. The parade of allegorical-grotesque papier-mâché floats give their show through thousands of bulbs and lights, spectacular movements and constantly changing scenography.

Acireale is a coastal city in the north-east of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy, set half-way between Catania and Taormina. Located at the foot of Mount Etna, facing the Ionian Sea, Acireale is home to beautiful churches but also to the oldest academy in Sicily, the Accademia di scienze, lettere e belle arti degli Zelanti e dei Dafnici. The centre of the old town is Piazza Duomo, a beautiful Baroque gathering of some fine baroque buildings with an inspiring architecture. The Cathedral of Maria Santissima Annunziata (Duomo di Acireale), was built between 1597 and 1618 and enlarged later. The present cathedral is a 17th-century building with a Baroque portal representing the Annunciation and a Neo-Gothic west front. Piazza Duomo is also home to the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, from the 16th-17th century and the 18th century Municipal Palace.

The 1st category allegorical float featured in the short video is:
Seize the Moment (Cogli l’Attimo)
Allowing time to mature to be aware that everything has a course and a progression. Reality changes with us, and when we look back, we realize all the time spent, between that which was used and that which was lost. This is the theme that the artwork aims to represent.

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