It is the oldest (dated from 1394) and longest Italian carnival. It starts the day after Christmas and finishes the day before the ash Wednesday. There are four Carnival parades, 3 on the last month's Sundays and one in the evening of the last day of carnival (shrove Tuesday). Since 2005 the Carnival Foundation added a summer parades that usually takes place in July.

Parades are scheduled on:
31/01/10 at 11.00am
07/02/10 at 3.00pm
14/02/10 at 11.00am
16/02/10 at 7.00pm