Viareggio Carnival in Italy
Carnival floats parade through the streets of Viareggio, in Tuscany, Italy, during the traditional carnival.
The Carnival of Viareggio - italian masks parade
The #Carnival of #Viareggio (in Italian: #Carnevale di Viareggio) is a carnival event annually held in the Tuscan city of Viareggio, in Italy.
It is considered amongst the most famous carnival celebrations in both Italy and Europe.
Its main characteristic is given by the parade of floats and masks, usually made of paper-pulp, depicting caricatures of popular people, such as politicians, showmen and sportsmen; the parade is held on the Viareggio avenue located alongside the local beach.
The first Viareggio carnival parade was held in 1873, when some wealthy middle-class men decided to organize a parade of floats adorned with flowers;
a number of local citizens, as a sign of protest, then decided to put on masks in order to show their refusal of high taxes they were forced to pay.
The first float to win the parade, in 1883, was named I Quattro Mori (The Four Moors), an accurately representation of the homonymous Livorno statue.
The official mascot of the Viareggio carnival is Burlamacco, first depicted in 1931 by Uberto Bonetti.
Since 2001, all the floats are built in an apposite seat, called Cittadella del Carnevale (Carnival Citadel), located on the northern side of the Viareggio city territory.
Viareggio Carnival (Carnevale di Viareggio) , Italy | Travel Guide
Carnivale di Viareggio - 2018
With explosion of sounds and colors and larger than life floats, Carnival of Viareggio in Italy is celebrated every year. The papier-mâché floats are satirical and allegorical in nature and range from Italian politics and customs, national and international news to everyday problems of society. This year's floats include the North Korean dictator, the Rolling Stones and the play of Waiting for Godot
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Viareggio Carnival (1954)
Viareggio, Italy.
GV carnival at progress at Viareggio. LV crowd and carnival float. SV giant figures. CU giant figure - man eating. CU giant figure - man reading book. CU giant figure - man with pot. SV giant figures in procession. CU ugly head with moving moustache on front of float. SV float. CU ape on float holding figures. SCU pan down ape float. CU pan around ape float. SCU ape on float.
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FILM ID:144.3
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Carnival At Viareggio (1958)
Viareggio, Italy.
Various shots of the mass crowd on streets of Viareggio during the carnival. Various shots of the elaborate masks, some giant mechanical constructions moving in carnival procession through the streets. More shots of the mass crowd. More shots of the giant mechanical construction with strange giant faces, Indians, black Africans, flying elephants, dragon, etc. Mass crowd watching procession and taking part in fun.
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Date found in the old record - 17/03/1958.
FILM ID:2590.18
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Carnival of Viareggio 2014, Viareggio, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
The Carnival of Viareggio is considered one of the most important carnivals in Italy and Europe. The wagons, which are the largest and most lively of the world, parade along the promenade of Viareggio. The Carnival of Viareggio is not only the most spectacular Italian feast, but it represents the artistic and organizational capacity of the Italians in the world. The third show of the 2011 broke all records were in fact more than 325,000 people to applaud the papier-mâché floats that paraded along the promenade of Viareggio. The tradition of the parade of floats Viareggio dates back to 1873, when some wealthy burghers decided to dress up in protest against the taxes they were forced to pay. Since then, every year this parade eliminates the discontent of many people and, at the end of the century, appeared the triumphal chariots stucco, heavy canvas material, then later replaced by paper mache molded, to find the maximum sophistication in the 30 'of 900 with the paper mold. The First World War seems to destroy the Carnival in Viareggio, which instead turned out to be more beautiful and grand. The pause war lasted 6 years. The event resumed in 1921 and wagons paraded on two wonderful walks along the sea. In 1971 he played the first carnival of the local marina. During the third millennium will provide great news with papier-mâché floats that are enriched with new technologies to create ever more complex movements, and special effects. All the carnival is accompanied by masked balls and masquerade parties that have ancient origins , well before the birth of masked . In the 20s the famous masked balls were colored , parties in which women had to wear a suit of colors indicated , while the men wore tuxedos , decorations, confetti and streamers in the colors were prescribed . Spaces as the Prince of Piedmont , the Royal and the Café on the Promenade chantant Margaret were the perfect venue for this type of party and the latter in its local 1932JH began in the tradition of the party in costume with a dance of the eighteenth century powdered . In years to come you remember the veglioni La Stampa, the Red Cross and Lions , the latter a non-profit associations that often actively participate today in the life of the Carnival. Today veglioni are local parties during the weekend of parades along the seafront. Street parties are accompanied by music , masks and so much fun . The ratio of the Carnival of Viareggio and art has always been very close , as evidenced by the many contributions of artists such as Lorenzo Viani , Renato Santini , Uberto Bonetti, Sergio Staino , Dario Fo and Jean -Michel Folon . Lorenzo Viani , a famous painter from Viareggio , who wrote about the Carnival illuminating pages , has actively contributed to the creation in 1911 of the chariot Triumph of Life by Domenico Ghiselli , we witness the decoration with a gallery of allegorical figures of the panels of the base . Renato Santini , another painter of the city, close to the world of papier mache in 1924 , during the preparation of masks for the Carnival of Viareggio , operates a number of wagons from 1947 ( Theater of Life) until 1956 with the wagon A time to mambo . in the new millennium faces a Carnival of the big names are those of Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo, who has in the past two magicians inspired papier mache as Umberto and Stefano Cinquini , describing their wagon with the brutality that produces war on children , Jean Michel Folon , great Belgian artist who died recently , which has given so much to Versilia , he was in love , and that with its famous pastel signed the official poster for Carnival 2000. The MP Carlo Carli ( the petitioner ) and others, November 4, 2003 presented to the Chamber of Deputies the bill Establishment of the Museum of the Carnival . In this proposal it is expected that the system will mesh museum spaces and structures owned by public and private spaces are located in the towns of Viareggio and Venice , as well as in every other place in the country where there is evidence from the Carnival. Article 2 of parliamentary Carli and others, discusses the purpose of the museum system . The papier-mâché is a mixture consisting essentially of water , glue, chalk and paper, the manufacturing process starts from the creation of a clay model . With a plaster casting of this model is obtained by the negative of the mold , inside of which are applied to the strips of paper that have been previously soaked in a mixture of water and glue .
RR7407B ITALY: THE VIAREGGIO CARNIVAL
RR7407B ITALY: THE VIAREGGIO CARNIVAL
For more than a century, the Italian town of Viareggio
has built extravagent floats for its annual winter
carnival. The floats are wittily designed to satirise
people and situations not just in Italy but throughout
the world. This year's festival took the energy crisis
and politics as its theme and illustrated it with
fantastic floats which keep an army of two hundred
busy, in secret, for three months prior to the big
day.
Film: Rev – Sound: Mag/SOF – Colour– Available in HD
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The carnival of Viareggio is held in the Tuscan city of Viareggio, Italy.
The annual carnival of Viareggio in Viareggio, Italy. Floats accompanied by dancers and actors, many with paper-pulp costumes and masks, proceed down Viareggio Avenue. Men walk accompanying performers. A crowd of spectators stands on both the sides of the road. The words 'carro' and 'piccolo' are seen on one of the floats. Location: Viareggio Italy. Date: August 27, 1931.
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나는 마침 오랜 전통을 자랑하는 카니발이 열리고 있는 해안 도시 비아레조로 향했다. 해변에는 이미 수많은 사람들로 붐비고 있었다. 퍼레이드를 준비 중인 대형 조형물이 눈길을 사로잡는다. 갖가지 형상과 다양한 인물들로 구성된 조형물들은 특이한 모양에 그 크기도 엄청나다. 주로 폐지와 석고, 나무를 활용해서 만든 것들이다. 조형물 중에는 정치적 인물들이 많이 표현돼 있다. “이탈리아 정부의 불안전한 균형을 풍자하고 있죠. 계속해서 같은 정치인들이 정치를 해오고 있는데, 그 정치인들은 이탈리아를 상징하는 코끼리 위에서 균형을 이루며 떨어지지 않고 붙어 있어요.“ 이 커다란 탱크 조형물은 왜 등장시킨 것일까? “평화를 위한 메시지를 만들고 싶었어요. 우크라이나나 전 세계에서 일어나는 일들을 보세요. 이건 비록 무장된 탱크지만 즐거움을 주는 탱크예요.” 이 조형물은 기획하고 완성되기까지 7개월 반이나 걸렸다고 한다. 드디어 퍼레이드가 시작됐다. 조형물을 태운 수레가 해변을 돌고, 독특한 의상의 참여자들이 수레 앞에서 흥을 돋운다. 거대한 조형물이 움직인다. 작동되는 메커니즘이 놀랍다. 이 작품은 혼란스런 정치에 빠진 이탈리아를 바다의 신 넵튠이 침몰시키는 것을 표현하고 있다. 비아레조 카니발은 오래전부터 유럽 전 지역으로 중계 방송되고 있단다. 기이하게 생긴 이 조형물은 컴퓨터와 스마트 폰 등이 지배하는 IT사회에 대한 우려를 재미있게 나타내고 있다. 이 무시무시한 괴물은 꿈 도둑이란다. 일자리는 없어지고 사라져버리는 돈은 과연 누가 가져가는 것인가라는 문제의식을 담았단다. 이번엔 거대한 거미상이 등장한다. 차가운 금속성의 이 거미상은 개인적인 삶을 송두리째 앗아가는 인터넷의 위협을 경고한다. 이번에는 문학과 에니메이션 영화에 나오는 악역들의 총출연이다. 비아레조 카니발의 주요 소재는 정치인들이다. 이탈리아 정치를 좌지우지한다는 베르루스코니 전 총리를 앞세웠다. 부패 혐의와 온갖 스캔들에도 불구하고 건재함을 풍자하고 있다. 세계를 주무르는 정치인들도 마찬가지로 도마에 오른다. 이 작품 역시 베르루스코니 전 총리를 해학적으로 조롱하고 있다. 20m 높이의 거대한 조형물이다. 유연한 움직임과 화려한 색상이 무척 인상적이다. 전쟁과 폭력으로 얼룩진 세계를 해학적으로 조롱하면서 행복한 세상을 외치고 있는 듯하다. 영국의 전설적인 팝 가수 존 레논의 흉상을 실은 수레다. 전쟁과 갈등의 세계를 향해 평화와 사랑을 노래한 존 레논의 정신을 외치고 있다. 퍼레이드가 절정으로 치닫고 있다. 영국의 록 가수 프레디 머큐리를 기리는 팬들이 흥분의 도가니에 빠졌다. 거리는 이제 온통 노래와 춤, 환호로 넘쳐난다. 비아
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I headed to the coastal city of Reggio which opens via the Carnival that boasts a long tradition Finish. The beach was crowded with thousands of people already. The large sculptures are preparing for the parade captivates the eye.
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1930s Viareggio Italy Carnival, Parade, Archive Footage
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01:06:51 Viareggio, Italy. Crowd stands in rain to witness world's most lavish carnival. Carnival/ procession huge complex and slightly sinister floats. People dance in the rain.
VIAREGGIO CARNIVAL
Two storey high floats made of papier mache go through this seaside resort in Northern Italy. Floats depict social and political satire.
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Carnival Time In Viareggio (1961)
Unissued / unused material.
Italian newsreel item.
Carnival time in Viareggio, Italy.
Various shots of animated figures on floats, people in fancy dress and big head masks passing camera.
FILM ID:3008.17
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CAN903 VIAREGGIO CARNIVAL CELEBRATED IN ITALY
(23 Jan 1967) Revellers celebrate at the annual Viareggio carnival. The canival's main characteristic is given by the parade of floats and masks, usually made of paper-pulp, depicting caricatures of popular people, such as politicians, showmen and sportsmen; the parade is held on the Viareggio avenue located alongside the local beach.
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Preparing For Carnival In Viareggio (1938)
Viareggio, Italy.
Various shots of enormous heads being made from papier mache in preparation for the carnival at Viareggio. Artists work from drawings to make the figures. Most have moving parts - very clever.
FILM ID:953.23
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VIAREGGIO ( Toscana - Italy ) - CARNEVALE DI VIAREGGIO - Carnival of Viareggio - video n. 1 -
Lucca - Pisa - Carnevale di Viareggio - Arezzo - Orvieto - *** Periodo 2/4 Marzo 2012 *** CIRCOLO DEL VIAGGIATORE - Lioni ( AV ) -.
Il Carnevale di Viareggio è una delle più famose manifestazioni al mondo legate a quest'antica festa, le cui origini risalgono addirittura a 4000 anni fa. Sembra siano stati gli Egizi prima ed i Greci poi a dar vita ai progenitori dei festeggiamenti carnevaleschi, che si svolgevano in tra inverno e primavera in onore rispettivamente della dea Iside e di Dioniso.
I Romani ripresero l'impostazione di queste celebrazioni a carattere riturale per i loro Saturnali, e proprio allora la festa iniziò lentamente il suo passaggio da rito religioso a tradizione popolare. Il carattere dissoluto e sfrenato di questa cerimonia ebbe a venir meno quando fu inserita nelle ricorrenze cristiane. Lungi dal voler eliminare una festa così sentita in gran parte della penisola, la Chiesa ne fece il preludio ideale della Quaresima, periodo di digiuno dai cibi più golosi e meditazione prima della Pasqua. La parola carnevale nasce infatti dal latino carnem levare (eliminare la carne) e ricorda che dopo i bagordi della settimana grassa ci si deve attenere a quaranta giorni di scrupolosa austerità.
A Viareggio la tradizione del Carnevale ha superato ormai i 130 anni. La sua prima edizione risale infatti al 1873, quando un gruppo di giovani rampolli dell'alta società viareggina organizza la prima sfilata delle carrozze, trainate da buoi e addobbate da fiori. Di lì a poco questa idea avrebbe preso piede nella città al punto di diventarne uno dei simboli. Già a fine secolo, infatti, le carrozze vengono sostituite dai carri trionfali, montati dagli operai dei cantieri navali e addobbati e decorati da scultori locali.
Altra caratteristica che fin da subito si fa protagonista del Carnevale è l'allegoria dei carri, in chiave satirica. La sfilata dei carri, con a bordo ragazzi in costume che lanciano coriandoli, stelle filanti e caramelle, diventa così anche l'occasione di prendersi gioco di politici, usi e costumi e fatti della vita italiana, sfogando i malumori popolari con il consenso delle autorità e dei governanti. È una particolarità, questa, che si mantiene ancora intatta nel tempo.
Nonostante l'allegria e la goliardia che lo contraddistinguono, il Carnevale di Viareggio ha dovuto però fare i conti anche con le interruzioni dovute alle guerre mondiali. Con il declino della belle époque e l'irreparabile perdita di tanti giovani, mandati al fronte nella Prima Guerra Mondiale, la festa viareggina sembra essere arrivata al tramonto. Invece, nel 1921, le sfilate riprendono lungo un nuovo scenario, l'ampia passeggiata lungomare, permettendo anche di realizzare nuovi effetti scenici e carri più grandi.
Quattro anni più tardi, è il 1925, viene introdotta la cartapesta, un impasto di acqua, colla, gesso e carta, molto leggero e adatto a modellare forme mobili da montare sui carri. Questa tecnica farà la fortuna del carnevale e lo renderà unico in tutta Italia. Nel 1930 nasce anche il Burlamacco, la maschera ufficiale del Carnevale viareggino, ideata dal pittore Uberto Bonetti sulla base della grande tradizione dei protagonisti della Commedia dell'Arte.
Dopo una seconda interruzione causata dal nuovo conflitto mondiale, il Carnevale riprende nuovamente con alcune significative novità. Dagli anni Cinquanta viene trasmesso in diretta nazionale e poi in Eurovisione. Inoltre, qualche anno dopo, riprende parte del suo percorso storico per le vie interne della città, sulla scia del quale rinascono anche le feste rionali. Ben presto ai buoi si sostituiscono i trattori, ma quello che non cambia assolutamente è la costruzione artigianale delle figure: caricature, immagini e fantocci che sfilano ancora ogni anno per le vie di Viareggio, colorando il Carnevale con la loro allegria e la loro impudenza.
Carnival In Viareggio (1959)
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Viareggio, Italy.
Various shots of Carnival moving through main street of Viareggio. CUs of large figures on floats, etc.
(F.G.) Old record suggests material dates from around 27/01/1959.
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Carnival of Viareggio 2014, Viareggio, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
The Carnival of Viareggio is considered one of the most important carnivals in Italy and Europe. The wagons, which are the largest and most lively of the world, parade along the promenade of Viareggio. The Carnival of Viareggio is not only the most spectacular Italian feast, but it represents the artistic and organizational capacity of the Italians in the world. The third show of the 2011 broke all records were in fact more than 325,000 people to applaud the papier-mâché floats that paraded along the promenade of Viareggio. The tradition of the parade of floats Viareggio dates back to 1873, when some wealthy burghers decided to dress up in protest against the taxes they were forced to pay. Since then, every year this parade eliminates the discontent of many people and, at the end of the century, appeared the triumphal chariots stucco, heavy canvas material, then later replaced by paper mache molded, to find the maximum sophistication in the 30 'of 900 with the paper mold. The First World War seems to destroy the Carnival in Viareggio, which instead turned out to be more beautiful and grand. The pause war lasted 6 years. The event resumed in 1921 and wagons paraded on two wonderful walks along the sea. In 1971 he played the first carnival of the local marina. During the third millennium will provide great news with papier-mâché floats that are enriched with new technologies to create ever more complex movements, and special effects. All the carnival is accompanied by masked balls and masquerade parties that have ancient origins , well before the birth of masked . In the 20s the famous masked balls were colored , parties in which women had to wear a suit of colors indicated , while the men wore tuxedos , decorations, confetti and streamers in the colors were prescribed . Spaces as the Prince of Piedmont , the Royal and the Café on the Promenade chantant Margaret were the perfect venue for this type of party and the latter in its local 1932JH began in the tradition of the party in costume with a dance of the eighteenth century powdered . In years to come you remember the veglioni La Stampa, the Red Cross and Lions , the latter a non-profit associations that often actively participate today in the life of the Carnival. Today veglioni are local parties during the weekend of parades along the seafront. Street parties are accompanied by music , masks and so much fun . The ratio of the Carnival of Viareggio and art has always been very close , as evidenced by the many contributions of artists such as Lorenzo Viani , Renato Santini , Uberto Bonetti, Sergio Staino , Dario Fo and Jean -Michel Folon . Lorenzo Viani , a famous painter from Viareggio , who wrote about the Carnival illuminating pages , has actively contributed to the creation in 1911 of the chariot Triumph of Life by Domenico Ghiselli , we witness the decoration with a gallery of allegorical figures of the panels of the base . Renato Santini , another painter of the city, close to the world of papier mache in 1924 , during the preparation of masks for the Carnival of Viareggio , operates a number of wagons from 1947 ( Theater of Life) until 1956 with the wagon A time to mambo . in the new millennium faces a Carnival of the big names are those of Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo, who has in the past two magicians inspired papier mache as Umberto and Stefano Cinquini , describing their wagon with the brutality that produces war on children , Jean Michel Folon , great Belgian artist who died recently , which has given so much to Versilia , he was in love , and that with its famous pastel signed the official poster for Carnival 2000. The MP Carlo Carli ( the petitioner ) and others, November 4, 2003 presented to the Chamber of Deputies the bill Establishment of the Museum of the Carnival . In this proposal it is expected that the system will mesh museum spaces and structures owned by public and private spaces are located in the towns of Viareggio and Venice , as well as in every other place in the country where there is evidence from the Carnival. Article 2 of parliamentary Carli and others, discusses the purpose of the museum system . The papier-mâché is a mixture consisting essentially of water , glue, chalk and paper, the manufacturing process starts from the creation of a clay model . With a plaster casting of this model is obtained by the negative of the mold , inside of which are applied to the strips of paper that have been previously soaked in a mixture of water and glue .
The Viareggio Carnival - Il Carnevale di Viareggio
A glimpse into what it is like to take part in the Carnival in Viareggio, a collection of some of the best floats from 2009 edition.
Shore in Viareggio, Viareggio, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Viareggio is a city and comune in northern Tuscany, Italy, on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. With a population of over 64,000, it is the second largest city within the province of Lucca, after only Lucca city. It is known as a seaside resort as well as being the home of the famous carnival of Viareggio (dating back to 1873), and its papier-mâché floats, which (since 1925), parade along the promenade known as Passeggiata a mare, in the weeks preceding Easter. The symbol of the carnival of Viareggio and its official mask is Burlamacco, designed and invented by Uberto Bonetti in 1930. The city traces its roots back to the first half of the 16th century when it became the only gate to the sea for the Republic of Lucca. The oldest building in Viareggio, known as Torre Matilde, dates back to this time and was built by the Lucchesi in 1541 as a defensive fortification to fight the constant menace of corsair incursions. Viareggio is also an active industrial and manufacturing centre; its shipbuilding industry has long been renowned around the world and its fishing and floricultural industries are still fundamental sectors to the city's economy. Viareggio hosts the Premio letterario Viareggio Répaci for literature, established in 1929. Amongst the other events organized around the year, it is worth mentioning the Festival Gaber, which has been held every August since 2004 to celebrate the memory of Giorgio Gaber, and is attended by several high-profile Italian musicians. The primary sectors of Vieraggio's economy are tourism, commerce and services, include fishing and floriculture (the flowers of Versilia). The city also houses prolific shipyards. At the beginning of the 19th century the craftsmen from Viareggio used to build small fishing vessels along the banks of the Burlamacca canal. As the century moved on, however, this small shipbuilding activity prospered until it became an internationally acclaimed centre. Nowadays, Viareggio represents the main luxury yachts producer city in the world thanks to the presence in the territory of famous shipyards like Azimut Benetti, Codecasa, Fipa, Rossinavi, Perini navi and many others. The Carnival of Viareggio was established in 1873, while the now ever-present papier mâché used to build the floats featured during its parades was first introduced in 1925. The official masks of the Carnival are Burlamacco and Ondina, drawn for the first time in 1930. Since 1954, RAI broadcasts the entire event on national TV. Since 2001, the craftsmen of the carnival have moved to the Cittadella del Carnevale or, literally, Carnival Town. The entire area of Viareggio extends over the coastal flooding plain of Versilia. Located on the Ligurian Sea (although traditionally considered to face the Tyrrhenian Sea), it has 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of sandy beaches, of which 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) are managed by private beach resorts and the remaining 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) are public (most of the public beach is part of the Parco Naturale Regionale Migliarino-San Rossore-Massaciuccoli. Viareggio borders the local municipalities of Camaiore, Massarosa and Vecchiano) (PI). The municipal area comprises the Lake of Massaciuccoli and several canals, the most important ones of which are known as Burlamacca, Farabola, Fossa dell'Abate (bordering the municipality of Camaiore), and Fosso Le Quindici. The climate is characterised by high levels of humidity (between 60 and 80% of relative humidity in the summer months) and a yearly rainfall off 900 to 1,000 millimetres (35 to 39 in) as a result of the proximity of the Apuanian Alps to the coast. The main winds blow from the south-east, the Libeccio and the Ponente which batter the coast for two to three days in a row and cause severe storms. The beginning of the 20th century saw again a marked development of the coast and tourism industry which determined a drastic change to most of the beach. The Passeggiata or promenade was born, with its cafés and shops, contributing to turning the city into the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Wood was very widely used in most building and, in 1917, a large portion of the city was lost in fire in only one night. It was only during the fascist era that wood would finally be replaced by other materials. During World War II Viareggio was subject to heavy bombings and entire suburbs of the city were destroyed. After the war, the reconstruction could finally begin, but the city had changed its appearance dramatically. Today Viareggio is still a renowned seaside resort and is widely famous for its carnival and shipbuilding industry. Late in the evening of June 29, 2009, a train carrying liquified petroleum gas derailed while approaching Viareggio's railway station.
Viareggio Carnival Grandly Begins @ Italy
Viareggio Carnival Grandly Begins @ Italy