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A composite program inspired by the spectacular festivities at the Habsburg court in Prague and Vienna, prepared for Emperor Rudolf II by the court painter and portraitist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. The dance scenes feature allegorical figures of the seasons and the elements, the beautiful Flora accompanied by the three Graces and Rudolf himself as Vertumnus.
SOLSTICE CELEBRATION – Fire Parade through town ending in the Brewery Garden
SOLSTICE CELEBRATION – Allegorical Parade on rafts with ancient retinue on the Vltava River
KIRCHPARADE of the Schwarzenberg Grenadier Guards
FESTIVE HISTORICAL PARADE THROUGH THE TOWN
FIRE PARADE through the town with a festive fire ending in the Brewery Garden