another Renaissance maiden

Menton's Lemon Festival Parade

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September 29th 2014
The Lemon Festival goes on for three weeks in February and early March, and every Sunday afternoon there is a parade or “corso” to use the local name. On the Thursday of the final week there is also a night-time parade. What sort of parades are they? … in recent years a number of the sponsors who create static displays like those shown in my previous article have also commissioned floats usi ... read more

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