If you like to visit a medieval town, the most suitable chance is to attend a historical reenactment, an event that involves most of the inhabitants and allows you to join important events happened many centuries ago, as well as a better appreciation of local traditions.
On this occasion, we suggest to make a stop in San Quirico d’Orcia, a XIII century village where there will be the festival Il Bianco e L’Azzurro on 17th and 18th May. In brief, the festival consists of a flag-throwers show, a series of archery competitions and a dinner in the medieval style including theatrical interludes.
The festival is organized by the Canneti district, in fact its characteristic colors (white and blue) give the title to this event; the start is scheduled for Saturday at 7:00 pm with the performance of the young locals bearers, drummers and archers, followed by the murder at the banquet show, a mystery dinner party.
The banquet will have a menu based on typical medieval dishes and will be served with wooden cutlery, and earthenware plates and glasses, furthermore during the dinner the actors will perform a murder and you’ll have to find the guilty.
A surprising tasty dinner, recommended if you want to spend the evening in a funny way.
On Sunday 18th May at 10:00 am there will be the competition of archery organized by the Medieval Archers League (AML) at Horti Leonini, an elegant Italian-style garden built in the XVI century and at 4:30 pm the flag-throwers and the musicians will perform a show in the square of San Quirico d’Orcia.
The festival will end with dinner at 7:45 pm at the Porta Nuova area with a typical Val d’Orcia dinner menu: handmade Pici, meat sauce, selection of cold meats and cheeses, grilled meats and red wine.
For more information, visit the website of San Quirico d’ Orcia www.comunesanquirico.it, get ready to travel back in time, you can experience the feeling of living in a medieval town not far from Siena.
