The city streets are strewn with flower petals forming the entire fabric.
Many tourist guides recommend to visit Italy in may or June.
And all because at this time throughout the country there are numerous floral parades. The city streets are strewn with flower petals forming the entire fabric, ranging from geometric ornaments and ending with reproductions of paintings by famous painters.
In order to create a floral masterpiece, the original outlines of future paintings drawn in chalk on the pavement. Then within two or three days the drawings are filled with tens of thousands of petals. After the festival’infiorata Festival, people partake in a procession right in floral compositions.
Italian festival of flower carpets’infiorata Festival.
The emergence of this holiday is connected with the Vatican. As historians believe, for the first time with flower petals was adorned with the Vatican Basilica in 1625 in the day of Peter and Paul – the patron saints of Rome. Later, the artist and architect of the Baroque Gian Lorenzo Bernini has used flower petals for decoration on the numerous festivals which he organized.
Very popular Christian motifs.
After him, other Italian cities took up the tradition of making flower carpets during Christian holidays.
Flower carpet 2015.
The masterpieces of world art from flower petals.
The riot of colors of flower petals.
