The event is one of the oldest and most beautiful and evocative of the
Italian folk scene. It is from 1949 that on August 14 in Lavagna a
sumptuous historical procession in medieval costume crosses the streets
of the city and ends at the foot of the Fieschi Tower, a reconstruction
of an ancient military building now incorporated in the urban fabric of
Via Roma.
According to legend, in 1230 Count Opizzo Fiesco returned victorious
from his warlike deeds and decided to marry a beautiful Sienese: Bianca
dei Bianchi. Marriage, of love as well as interest, is celebrated with
great pomp, so as to offer the population a gigantic wedding cake.
Even today, after reading the proclamation of the wedding, the Countess
makes the "cut" of the cake: a dessert of thirteen quintals packaged by
Lavagna's pastry chefs.
From the moment of the cut the game begins where you can find a soul
mate, or at least eat a slice of cake!
As the distribution of the cake to those present begins (a crowd that,
for years, never falls below fifteen thousand people), the celebrations
in honor of the spouses Counts follow one another with moments of
spectacle recreated by the medieval characters of the event: games of
arms and Courteous duels, flag games, medieval dances and music, fire
eaters and much more.
La manifestazione è una delle più antiche oltre che più belle e
suggestive del panorama folkloristico italiano. E' dal 1949 che il 14
agosto a Lavagna un sontuoso corteo storico in costume medievale
attraversa le vie della città e si conclude ai piedi della Torre
Fieschi, ricostruzione di un'antica costruzione militare oggi inglobata
nel tessuto urbano di via Roma.
Secondo la leggenda, il conte Opizzo Fiesco nel 1230 torna vittorioso
dalle sue imprese guerresche e decide di sposare una bella senese:
Bianca dei Bianchi. Il matrimonio, d’amore oltre che d’interesse viene
celebrato con grande sfarzo, tanto da offrire alla popolazione una
gigantesca torta nuziale.
Ancora oggi, dopo la lettura del proclama delle nozze, la Contessa
effettua il "taglio" della torta: un dolce di tredici quintali
confezionato dai maestri pasticceri di Lavagna.
Dal momento del taglio inizia il gioco in cui puoi trovare l'anima
gemella, o per lo meno mangiare una fetta di torta!
Mentre comincia la distribuzione del dolce ai presenti (una folla che,
da anni, non scende mai sotto le quindicimila persone), si susseguono i
festeggiamenti in onore dei Conti sposi con momenti di spettacolo
ricreati dai personaggi medievali della manifestazione: giochi d'arme e
duelli cortesi, giochi di bandiera, danze e musiche medievali,
mangiafuoco e molto altro.
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