{"id":415,"date":"2009-04-27T21:28:09","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T20:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/?p=415"},"modified":"2009-04-27T21:28:09","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T20:28:09","slug":"luminara-of-saint-ranieri-june-16-2009-pisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/415\/luminara-of-saint-ranieri-june-16-2009-pisa\/","title":{"rendered":"Luminara of Saint Ranieri: June 16 2009, Pisa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-416\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/1foto1.jpg\" alt=\"1foto1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/1foto1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/1foto1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>On June 16 myriads of flames lit the night along the river Arno, in Pisa. Visitors can appreciate an unforgettable sight.<br \/>\nThe Luminara is a special event that occurs every year in honour of San Ranieri, the city&#8217;s patron saint, whose relics were placed in 1688 in the Chapel of the Cathedral of Pisa.<br \/>\nA few days before the Luminara on the facades of buildings, churches and towers are fixed white wooden structures, called &#8220;biancherie&#8221;, on which are carefully secured approximately 70,000 lights (with wax or oil) which are then turned on at sunset. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-418\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/1fuoco.jpg\" alt=\"1fuoco\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/1fuoco.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/1fuoco-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><br \/>\nThe candles decorate arches, cornices, windows, pillars and highlight the architecture of the buildings.<br \/>\nAfter dark the trembling lights are reflected in the waters of the river and the Luminara offers the viewer an almost magical effect. A touch of charm is added by thousands of lights floating in the river.<br \/>\nFor the Luminara Pisa is full of people and tourists who stroll along the streets and enjoy the astonishing scene.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-417\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/1regata.jpg\" alt=\"1regata\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/1regata.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/1regata-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>At the end of the evening all eyes are turned upwards, towards the Ponte della Fortezza, waiting to see the fireworks that always delivers beautiful emotions.<br \/>\nThe Luminara well as a worthy tribute to the artistic tradition of Pisa is a particular event, by which Pisans celebrate the arrival of summer. The day after the Luminara there is a fair with stalls of sweets, antiques and all sorts of merchandise.<br \/>\nOn the occasion of the Luminara, in the afternoon of June 17 the four quarters of the city, Santa Maria, San Francesco, Sant&#8217;Antonio and San Martino, challenge each other in a historic race on the water of Arno, evoking the traditional maritime republic of Pisa.<br \/>\nAt sunset, after the procession, craft shapes compete to win the blue &#8220;paliotto&#8221;, a symbol of victory, which must be recovered to finish on a yard ten meters high.<br \/>\nThe victory and the trophy representative of San Ranieri are won by the first classified, but even the last\u00a0 classified have a premium: a pair of ducks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/holidays-in-tuscany\/pisa-area\/\">Click here for more information about how to be present.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-419\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crossingitaly.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/1lumi-arno.jpg\" alt=\"1lumi-arno\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 16 myriads of flames lit the night along the river Arno, in Pisa. Visitors can appreciate an unforgettable sight. The Luminara is a special event that occurs every year in honour of San Ranieri, the city&#8217;s patron saint, whose relics were placed in 1688 in the Chapel of the Cathedral of Pisa. 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