Florence marked Easter Sunday 2025 with the traditional Scoppio del Carro and everything went perfectly as planned.
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Florence Prepares for the Spectacle of Lo Scoppio del Carro This Easter
The historical event will take place over two days, Saturday, April 19 and Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025.
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The glorious Scoppio del Carro every Easter in Florence
The glorious Scoppio del Carro (the bursting of the cart) comes back for the Easter in Florence, Italy.
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Florence sites to stay open over Easter holidays
Most major Florence museums will be open on Easter Sunday and Monday.
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Easter 2014, Italians spending lower than last year
Italians cut down Easter 2014. Spending on food, travel lower than last year for the effects of the economic crisis.
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The marvelous Scoppio del Carro in Florence
Easter in Florence, Italy, is famous for the traditional Scoppio del Carro, the Bursting of the Cart. Read the complete program.
Read moreEaster Sunday 2013, the bursting of the Cart
This famous Florentine ceremony dates back to the distant times of the First Crusade, launched to free the Holy Sepulchre from the hands of the infidels.
Read moreRain forecast for Easter Sunday, sun on Monday
The weather will be wet on Easter Sunday with showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Francesco Nucera of 3bmeteo.com, reported that the rain on Easter morning will fall over Friuli, Veneto, Mantua, Emilia Romagna, the northern ridge, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Campania, Calabria especially on the Tyrrhenian side and northern Sicily and North.
Back the magic of the “Explosion of the Cart”
Thousands of people even this year will follow the explosion of the cart. The Scoppio del Carro (“Explosion of the Cart”) is a folk tradition of Florence, Italy. On Easter Sunday, a cart, packed full of fireworks and other pyrotechnics, is lit and provides a historic spectacle in the civic life of the city. The cart is loaded with fireworks while a wire, stretching to the high altar inside the cathedral, is fitted with a mechanical dove (the “columbina”).