The two carnivals born in the same year, 1873, will combine their skills and experience. A true encounter with the colors of the Mediterranean.
After years of connections between these two major events, the time has come, in this year when Italy is the guest of honor, to highlight this friendship and complicity.
A delegation from the Viareggio Carnival, led by Alessandro Santini, president of the Carnival Foundation, and Nicodemo Pistoia, Deputy for Tourism of Viareggio, will be in Nice to formalize the twinning of the two great Carnivals.
Alessandro Santini, new President of the Fondazione del Carnevale di Viareggio: “we wish to revitalize exchanges between Nice and Viareggio and especially to formalize them in a more professional way.”
The two carnivals have a common past with many similarities and will be able to collaborate more effectively in various areas: international communication, artistic, marketing, as well as on cultural issues with the European Union and even Euromed…
In turn, Viareggio has invited a delegation from the Nice Carnival, led by Rudy Salles and Denis Zanon, during its last procession on Sunday, March 13. It will be an opportunity for Nice to exchange during the “Art and Carnival” forum and meet prestigious guests such as representatives of the carnivals of Rome and Malta, of the Val d’Aosta…