The Market of the Gaite of Bevagna 2011

The Market of the Gaite of Bevagna, municipality with just over 5000 inhabitants in the province of Perugia and inserted among the "Borghi più belli d'Italia", the most beautiful Suburbs in Italy, is a re-enactment of daily life of the commune among 1250 and 1350.

With the term Gaite or Guaite the four districts (St. George, St. Giovanni, St. Pietro and Saint Maria) is pointed out in which was anciently separated Bevagna. But it is not only a party, is also a competition: the Gaite, in these ten days, organize their own markets independently, competing with each other in four challenges (competition of the market, competition of the professions, gastronomic competition, competitive sport-shooting with the bow) to win a prize, the palio of victory, which goes to the district who plays more closely the role it plays in the Middle Ages.

The city in the days of the feast becomes animated some noises of the shops, and anywhere taverns they are prepared whether to taste local products.

In these ten days Bevagna blends modern with the medieval and its inhabitants, abandoned their daily dresses, fabrics and materials of nobles, peasants, lawyers and craftsmen wear, reviving the traditional activities of their ancestors.