{"id":34743,"date":"2022-09-17T13:04:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T11:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/events\/re-enactment-of-the-siege-at-bastione-stampace-and-cross-bowers-contest-pisa\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:19:56","slug":"re-enactment-of-the-siege-at-bastione-stampace-and-cross-bowers-contest-pisa","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/events\/re-enactment-of-the-siege-at-bastione-stampace-and-cross-bowers-contest-pisa\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-enactment of the Florentine Siege and Cross Bowers Contest  | Pisa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-1279083856\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-1554 \" id=\"em-event-1279083856\" data-view-id=\"1279083856\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding:0px\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding:0px 15px 0px\">\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t<strong>Data \/ Ora<\/strong>: 06\/09\/2026 - <i>9:30 - 20:00<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\r\n\t<strong>Luogo<\/strong><br \/>\r\n\tBastione Stampace\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t<strong>Categorie<\/strong>\r\n\t\t<ul class=\"event-categories\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/events\/categories\/folklore-en\/\">folklore<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/events\/categories\/public\/\">public<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding:0px\">\r\n<br style=\"clear:both\" \/>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The re-enactment, now in its sixth year, takes place on Sunday 6 September at the Bastione Stampace (Largo Marinai d\u2019Italia), where the decisive battle between the besieged Pisans and the besieging Florentines took place on 8 September 1499.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE PROGRAM OF THE DAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9.30 am \u2013 Setting up of the encampments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12.00 \u2013 Laying of a laurel wreath at the city walls by the city authorities, in historical costume.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15.30 \u2013 Costume fitting at the premises of the <strong>Church of Sant\u2019Antonio in Qualquonia, at 3 Via Qualquonia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">16.30 \u2013 <strong>Historical procession from Sant\u2019Antonio in Qualquonia to Largo Marinai d\u2019Italia, with a stop at the church of San Paolo a Ripa d\u2019Arno for the solemn blessing of the participants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5.00 pm \u2013 <strong>Contest for the Palio between the Compagnia Balestrieri Lucca and the Balestrieri di Porta San Marco.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6.00 pm \u2013 Falconry display and flag-waving performances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7.00 pm \u2013 Prize-giving ceremony and victory celebrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the death of the King of France Charles VIII (7 April 1498), who had restored freedom to the Pisans by creating the conditions for the beginning of the Second Republic (1494-1509), his successor Louis XII felt he had to satisfy the Florentines&#8217; demands to take Pisa back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He therefore instructed the Duke of Ferrara, Ercole d&#8217;Este, to draw up an armistice between Florence and Venice, which had until then helped Pisa with more than 11,000 soldiers. In April 1499 Venice withdrew its entire army, leaving Pisa alone. The Florentines attacked the walls with troops commanded by Paolo Vitelli, an army of 18,000 men including infantrymen and cavalrymen, conquering Bastione Stampace on 10 August. At the most difficult moment of the siege, it was the Pisan women who gave strength back to the male fighters, with their continuous presence in the trenches holding banners, provoking the enemy and urging the defenders to battle.<\/p>\n<p>Paolo Vitelli had to bow to the desperate resistance of the Pisans, flanked by three hundred infantrymen from Lucca, and to the malaria that was beginning to spread among the Florentine ranks. So he was forced to withdraw the siege, leaving men and material on the field. He retreated to Cascina where he was arrested and beheaded in Palazzo Vecchio. His brother Vitellozzo, fearing the same fate, sought refuge in Pisa for himself and his infantrymen. In the future, he would show his gratitude to the Pisans by helping them repel the French siege of 1500.\u00a0The jubilant Pisan people saw the sudden abandonment of the besiegers as a sign of the Virgin&#8217;s intercession.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>06\/09\/2026 @ 9:30 &#8211; 20:00 &#8211; The re-enactment, now in its sixth year, takes place on Sunday 6 September at the Bastione Stampace (Largo Marinai d\u2019Italia), where the decisive battle between the besieged Pisans and the besieging Florentines took place on 8 September 1499. 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