{"id":673,"date":"2025-06-13T13:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/?p=673"},"modified":"2025-06-13T16:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:09:37","slug":"san-giovanni-celebrations-june-24th-in-florence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/san-giovanni-celebrations-june-24th-in-florence\/","title":{"rendered":"San Giovanni Celebrations: June 24th in Florence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On <strong>June 24th Florence celebrates San Giovanni<\/strong> with a day rich of events and official appointments both for Florentine people and visitors. Check out the main events!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saint John The Baptist<\/strong> became the <strong>patron of Florence<\/strong> during the Lombard times and since then he&#8217;s been much worshiped and honored. Noble and rich people of Florence had to pay homage with richly decorated church candle&nbsp; on June 24th; these candles used to be lighted up inside the Baptistery all year round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio2-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio2-2.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio2-2-300x169.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays in the <strong>morning at 8.30 am<\/strong> a<strong> small parade departs from Palagio di Parte Guelfa<\/strong> to reach the Baptistery bringing still church candles; around 10.30 am,&nbsp; after the homage of Florence Mayor and religious authorities to San Giovanni there is the official Mass inside the Duomo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the afternoon <strong>at 4pm the Corteo Storico della Citt\u00e0 di Firenze<\/strong>, the official and colorful historical parade, <strong>departs from Piazza Santa Maria Novella<\/strong> and <strong>arrives in Piazza Santa Croce<\/strong>; the parade passes through via de&#8217; Banchi, via Tornabuoni, via Strozzi, piazza della Repubblica, via Calzaiuoli, piazza della Signoria, via della Ninna, via de&#8217; Neri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio3-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio3-1.png 768w, https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio3-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio4-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio4-1.png 768w, https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio4-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>5pm in Piazza Santa Croce<\/strong> there is the <strong>final match of the historical football Calcio Storico Fiorentino<\/strong>: the 4 boroughs of Florence fight each other in this old soccer game dating back to Renaissance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day ends at <strong>10 pm with Fochi di San Giovanni<\/strong>, i.e. the fireworks. The best place to admire the show is along the river, because the focus point is Piazzale Michelangelo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio5-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio5-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio5-1-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio6-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio6-1.png 768w, https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/calcio6-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credits &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/calciostoricofiorentino.it\/fotogallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sito ufficiale del Calcio Storico Fiorentino<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 24th Florence celebrates San Giovanni with a day rich of events and official appointments both for Florentine people and visitors. Check out the main events! Saint John The Baptist became the patron of Florence during the Lombard times and since then he&#8217;s been much worshiped and honored. 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