The "Gazzarre d’artiglieria" were made, through the firing salutes of the artillery of the Walls, on major holidays, civic and religious, the ancient Republic of Lucca.
The Feast of the Holy Cross coincided with the most important Civil Party for the Republic, as the participation in the Luminara of citizens and representatives from all over the territory under jurisdiction of Lucca, with the obligation to bring candles of magnitude proportional to the census, was tantamount to renewal the Oath of Allegiance to the Republic. Firing blank ammunition, uproar, the artillery had the dual purpose of honoring the Holy Cross, as now 12 guns with blanks for the State Parties, and was also meant to remind citizens and subjects, with fire the pieces and the roar of gunfire, the legal obligation to come to Lucca and join the Luminara, as a ceremony of the Oath of Allegiance.
the evening of 13 September to coincide with the sound of the bells of San Frediano, the output of the Illuminations from the Basilica, will be fired more guns with blanks, to celebrate the event.
The program
Sept. 11
The Bombers and other figures in historic Renaissance gown enliven the Underground Group of Artillery and the area in front under the Platform San Frediano-behind Piazza del Collegio.
To the south, the 'eared Platform San Frediano, side Porta Santa Maria, will be reinforced with three tools for firing blanks in the form of Renaissance guns black powder muzzle-loading; by artillery pieces will be beat the hour of noon, with the shot in uproar. The pieces, in the afternoon, will be back on display to the public at the underground platform of San Frediano.
Throughout the day it will be opened on the underground platform of San Frediano, with the exhibition of furniture and artillery and characters in Renaissance military historian Dress (bombers and servants); staff will wear clothes sixteenth Group in character with the era in which they began the construction of the Wall and its a mercenary militia group during the period of the "Wars of Italy".
On the evening of 13 September to coincide with the sound of the bells of San Frediano, the exit from the Basilica of the Illuminations, more guns will be fired blanks, to celebrate the event, always dall'Orecchione the platform towards Porta San Frediano Saint Mary. The re-enactors, hospitalized after the cannene in the Underground of the Artillery, participate then, as usual, to the Historical Part of the Illuminations.
Throughout the event the Association Historica Lucense will have the collaboration of cultural associations: "Vicar Lima Valley" of Bagni Di Lucca, "Compagnia Giovanni delle Bande Nere" in Florence and "Company of the Sword and the Vigil", Lucca because engaging in activities compatible with and complementary to our own and wear period costumes in the same period that we rievochiamo- ie the first half of the XVI Century.
GAZZARRA D'ARTIGLIERIA DI SANTA CROCE
Lucca, San Frediano platform
11/13 September 2016
hours 10:00 / 17:00
free entry