La Luminara is a “festival of lights” organized in
Pisa every year on
June 16th to celebrate the Patron Saint, Saint Ranieri. The center of the city and the Lungarni are lit with
140,000 candles placed in white wooden frames called “
la biancheria” (literally, the linens).
La biancheria is hung on the façades of the Palazzi of the Lungarno, on the bridges, on the river banks. The effect is simply magical.
(copied off the internet)
It's quite spectacular and it's amazing how much work they put into putting all those candles up. These are the pics Angelo took. There was so many ppl, it was a miracle that we even found a parking place for our car. We didn't stay for the fireworks since we didn't want to be stuck in traffic afterwards.


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