Sasso Mobile

Popular historical re-enactment based on the life of Nicolosa Sanuti, a noblewoman who lived in Borgo della Fontana in the 15th century. daughter of Antonio Castellani and Margherita Franchini, Nicolosa married one of the most prominent men of her era, Nicolò Sanuti, who was designated the first Count of Porretta in 1447 by Pope Nicholas V. Nicolosa is remembered chiefly for her rebellion against the sumptuary laws issued by Cardinal Bessarione in 1453 which sought to limit the extravagance of women's clothing. Her reply to the Cardinal, \"Oration for the restitution of vain ornaments,\" is famous. The festival evokes the spirit of the times: the pageantry begins with a parade followed by a tournament of arms, plays, games, singing, dancing, puppetry, battlefields, archery and much more. A medieval marketplace completes the scene, where local crafts, ceramics, jewelery and agricultural products are displayed and sold.