When the sun is on its way pierce Mount Forato with its rays, then it is time for the Summer Solstice. This event is the apotheosis of the light: the longest day of the year, an occasion for sacred and profane prophecies. At the end of June Pruno, Volegno and Cardoso are enliven wiht initiatives of international importance dedicated to the celebration of the solstice.
The manifestation of the "Summer Solstice", was founded in 1997 when the secret "Apuan Book" revealed the secret of the Apuan during the days of the Summer Solstice: Mount Drilled pierced by the rays of the sun in the early hours of the morning. Around this natural event, already it is known and appreciated by the ancient inhabitants of the valley.
Since then, some elements have made exclusive and fascinating initiative that is repeated every year. to discover the beauties of the Versilia: performances of street artists, concerts, book presentations, nature trails, gastronomy and local products tasting.
Thursday, June 2 – Preview
10:00 Volegno: Preview: "The Solstice in estempore", impromptu painting, organized by the teachers of art schools "S. Stagi" Pietrasanta and "A. Passaglia" of Lucca.
Sunday, June 5
Mosceta, Initiative by the Regional Park of the Apuan Alps and the common cause of Levigliani, Plum and Volegno.
Friday, June 17
h 19:00 Volegno: inauguration of a painting exhibition at the CRO.
h 21:00 Volegno: official opening of the 2016 Solstice.
h 21:30 Volegno: Tribute with ensemble of the Puccini Festival Foundation.
Saturday, June 18
h 15:00 Pruno Piazza della Misericordia: puppets, painting, climbing panel, and animation.
h 19:00 Pruno, Charity Mazzucchi: presentation of the video on the Apuan Alps in the work of Giacomo Francesconi and photographic exhibition by Aegisthus Ronchieri.
h 19:30 Pruno: The sun's and the moon's food, tasting of typical products by Il Poveromo and La Canonica.
h 20:30 Pruno Church Square: music and poetry to the streets of the country with Paul Lisi, Laura Garavaglia and Emilio Zucchi.
h 21:30 Pruno : "Luce di luce": poetic installation by Marco Nereo Rotelli.
h 22:30 Pruno: band "Minor Taranta".
Sunday, June 19
h 7:00 Pruno Pianello: Waiting for the sunrise, horn players of Florence with Maestro Guido Corti, in collaboration with the festival Musica sulle Apuane.
h 7:45 Pruno: Breakfast in the square by Il Poveromo and La Canonica.
h 8:30 nature hike with the guides of the Park.
h 18:00 Pruno, Pieve di S. Nicolò: memory of the victims of the flood of 1996 with Perosi's Requiem, conducted by Silvano Pieruccini; Following interventions of the institutions.
Monday, June 20
h 21:00 Volegno, Church Square: The wolf. The return to the Apuan and coexistence, with Marco and Paola Lucchesi Fazzi, technical fauna of the Apuan Alps.
Tuesday, June 21
h 16:00 Pruno: gathering of joelette and dell'Acquapendente and guided hike to the waterfall.
h 20:00 Pruno, piazza dell'Aia: The sun's and the moon's food the tasting of typical products by Il Poveromo and La Canonica.
h 22:00 observation of the stars of the Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri and amateur groups of Lucca and Viareggio.
Thursday, June 23
h 20:00 Pruno, piazza dell'Aia: The sun's and the moon's food the tasting of typical products by Il Poveromo and La Canonica.
h 21.30 Pruno, Piazza dell'Aia: show and music by The Lady and the Unicorn.
h 22:30 Pruno Ancient washtubs, revelry of St. John, with fire, music and folk dancing with Andrea Geri, Association Of land to land.
Saturday, June 25
Pruno, day in memory dedicated to Manlio Cancogni, curated by Jacopo Cannas. The writer (1916-2015) would have turned one hundred years this year. The Cardoso community, Plum and Volegno remembers him on this occasion for the affection and attachment to this territory shown before and after the tragic flood of June 19, 1996.
Sunday, June 26
h 16:00 an afternoon together, hiking, games once and treasure hunt.
h 21:00 Volegno, Church Square: Closing of the Solstice in 2016 with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Farnocchia.
SUMMER SOLSTICE – Pruno
Stazzema – Pruno, Volegno, Cardoso
2016 June 2, 5, 17/26 from dawn to dusk
free admission