Florence celebrates New Year, not just once per year, but twice including March 25th. As well as for Pisa New Year’s celebrations, also Florence celebrates New Year on the Annunciation day, following an ancient calendar that had been used since the Middle Ages. According to this calendar the new started on March 25th. This tradition went on and on until 1582, when the Gregorian calendar became the official calendar. But Florence ignored the new calendar and continued using the old…
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