Last night a group of girls traveled together to a little town called Marostica. We went to dinner at the is restaurant about 15 minutes outside of the walled town and then ventured into town. I thought it was going to be complete chaos! With the way Italians park and drive I knew the town would a nightmare....but they surprised me! People were almost directing traffic and guiding people to parking spots. I was amazed to say the least. The town was packed with people- lots of people in costumes, getting ready for the show. Let's just say there was no backstage area. But the majority of them were still in character outside of the stage. We entered into the main square and caught the first glimpse of the chess board. I have been up to Marostica a couple of times, but never saw the chess board because of the construction for the big event, and it was massive. The chess board is made out of asiago stone. For some reason, I thought it was going to be a huge piece of paper rolled out into the middle of the square. Wrong.
And then it started...about 45min late.
Every even-numbered year, the town puts on a living chess
game to commemorate a piece of history from 1454. The story goes that 2
warriors fell in love with the Lord of Marostica's daughter, Lionora.
So as custom permitted, they were going to fight in a duel to see who
would win the hand of the Lord's daughter. The Lord of Marostica had
another idea, he did not want anyone to fight- so he declared that the 2
warriors would play a chess game. The winner won Lionora's hand in
marriage and the loser won the sister's hand. What a bummer to be the
youngest...
The soldiers walking around town in formation
You know your husband is deployed when, you answer your phone at the Living Chess game
They shot arrows of fire onto the chess board!!
The chess players
Starting the match
See the orange jump suit boys...the poor boy passed out!! Created a little scene, but they were ready for it!
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