Every third Sunday of May Noto, a baroque city in South-East Sicily, is quite literally covered in flower petals for the Infiorata di Noto. This event, which is increasingly gaining in popularity, has taken place since 1980. It’s a celebration of Spring and a chance for local artists to display their fantastic skills while using the most natural material possible. Flower petals, earth, and sometimes even beans or wood cuttings.
The entire town of Noto takes part in the design of these wonderful creations that have a maximum lifespan of 48 hours - since they are prepared between Friday and Saturday and showcased on Sunday. Even the local prisoners have a spot reserved for their own piece of flower petal art. The main showcase takes places in Via Nicolaci where for once a passeby is looking down to admire the flowers instead of up to admire the wonderful baroque balconies.
