The most anticipated and appreciated masked event in Europe, the Viareggio Carnival has imposed on the world stage as one of the most funny events of its kind.
Every year on the promenade of the city you can see the parade of big carnival floats humorously portraying the most famous and important people of the international political scene .
The parades are held every carnival weekend until Mardi Gras. In this period the whole town is celebrating, in parallel are held in fact many other events such as art exhibitions, theatrical performances and fireworks shows.
The floats protagonists of the Viareggio Carnival are made by skilled craftsmen, engineers and designers who work for months. These are big structures in papier mache that despite the complicated architecture are also equipped with motion effects.
Above the floats there is space enough for the many people in costume who sing and dance to the rhythm of music entertaining the public arrived on the promenade to enjoy the show.
The Viareggio Carnival is a tradition since 1873, but the show we know today began to develop in the early ‘900 first with simple wooden floats accompanied by the band, then with the paper mache, the fireworks and disco music.
Each edition leads into the city thousands of Italian and foreign tourists. Often arrive in Viareggio also political leaders and celebrities who want to see themselves their reproductions in paper mache.