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Gubbio |
The following scenes are from the annual La Fiesta dei Ceri, or Festival of the Candles, also know as the Candle Race. |
People everywhere dressed in red scarf, white pants, and black, blue or yellow shirt, depending on what your color chart recommends, presumeably. The girls pin flowers on the boys cravats. |
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The Festival of the Candles: May 15 in Gubbio. |
The Fiesta is the ONLY news of the day, on the telly, in the papers .. |
A popular souvenir item - a ceramic tile illustrated with different occupations. There's even a cyclist! |
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| We had a doctor, some nurses and a gynecologists in the group ... this one is for obstetricians. |
Gynecologist |
Our hotel Palazzo Ducale was up over that wall in the same piazza as the bell tower. |
Now that's a steep bit of mowing! |
One of Gubbio's main throughways. |
