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Autumnia 2026 and the Figline’s Theatre Season

For 27 years, one regular event in the Florentine Valdarno, held in the second week of November, has earned a special place in the diaries – and hearts – of families across Tuscany and beyond. That event is Autumnia, the fair devoted to the Environment, Agriculture and Food, taking place on 6, 7 and 8 November in the historic centre of Figline, in the municipality of Figline e Incisa Valdarno.

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Perugia 1416, the Palio of the Perugians

The exiled Perugian nobles, the so-called Beccherini, fought with Braccio, while the Perugians of the opposing party, the Raspanti, that is, the nobles and members of the “grasso popolo” (the wealthy people), the rising bourgeois class, fought with Malatesta. Having won the battle, Braccio Fortebraccio obtained the keys to the city and the government of Perugia, thus beginning his rule and putting an end to the bloody infighting between the two factions.

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