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It Castle Place (Piazza Castello)

The descent of the Candelieri took away anciently the from lu Pianu, the place that was found in front of the Aragonese castle (the castle came however dejected at the end of the eight hundred and it has been replaced by the Barracks Lamarmora).
Today the it Filled they assemble him in that same point, from which, after a small it covers in front of the Church of the Rosary, it has begun the Faradda.
To the intersection of street then Politeamas begin the dances and the evolutions of the big candles to the sound of the drum and the pipe. Then the it Filled and their Candelieri parades among two wings of crowd along the Wide Jumpers, the Azuni Plaza (already Saint Plaza Caterina) and the Course Vittorio Emanuele.



Civic building (Palazzo Civico)


One covers of fifty-fifty obligation of the run it is the Building Civic century of the ancient Town hall (the Ziddài).
Here the it Filled they greet the Mayor and the other authorities making to dance the Candaliere. In front of the Building the passage of deliveries also develops him between the old one and the new Obriere of the Massai.
From this same point the Mayor and the administrators citizens unite him to the procession. The parade of the Candelieri continues up to the end of the Course Vittorio Emanuele, therefore it transits for Sant'Antonio Plaza and for Course Vico. In the Raced line Vico and Street Gazometro the carriers of the Candles detain for a long time him among the enthusiastic crowd to show all of their ability in to make to dance the Candelieri.



Saint Maria of Betlem


It is the final cover of the procession of the Candelieri. The arrival in the church of Saint Maria of Betlem (or of Bellè, as it is said) it happens by now to late evening: the it Filled and their Candelieri, together with the city authorities, they make their entry in the Sanctuary to loosen the vote. In a more picked atmosphere, the city administrators and the representatives of the it Filled they kiss the feet of the Virgo Dormiente as ancient homage to have protected the City from the plague.

Sassari - August 14
The Run of the Faradda
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