12th MEDIEVAL ROSE FESTIVAL
25 – 27 May 2018
25 MAY
17:30
D’AMBOISE GATE – MOAT: STARTING POINT FOR THE RHODES’ DRAGON’S QUEST TEAM GAME. THE GAME IS INSPIRED OF THE LEGEND FOR THE KNIGHT DIEUDONNE DE GOZON WHO SLAYED THE DRAGON OF RHODES IN THE 14TH C.
(game takes place around the Medieval Town and Moat)
18:00
D’AMBOISE GATE – TOWER: OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL – DEDICATED TO “2018, YEAR OF EUROPEAN CULTURAL HERITAGE”
OPENING SPEECHES AND GREETINGS – AWARD CEREMONY FOR VOLUNTEERS, SPONSORS, SCHOOLS AND WINNERS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
PRESENTATION OF THE MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL: ITS COURSE AND PERSPECTIVE (in Greek)
19:30
CONVENTION: “PAGES FROM THE MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTH-EAST AEGEAN: THE BYZANTINE AND CHIVALRIC RHODES”
LECTURER: Dr. FOTEINI PERRA, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE
(LECTURE IN GREEK)
20:30
AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE WINNER OF THE DRAGON’S QUEST GAME – START OF THE WINNER’S PAGEANT AROUND THE MEDIEVAL TOWN
21:00
CONCERT ΒΥ ΤΗΕ “ANAMESA” ENSEMBLE: MEDIEVAL MUSIC FROM AN ITALIAN ANONYMOUS SCRIPT OF THE 14th C.
26 & 27 ΜΑΥ
18:00
PLATANAKIA SQ. (ZOGRAFOI): OPENING OF THE FEAST WITH A PAGEANT WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL GROUPS.
PAGEANT ROUTE: KNIGHTS’ STR. – APELLOY STR. – SOCRATOUS STR- ORFEOS STR – PLATANAKIA SQ.
19:00
MEDIEVAL MOAT – D’ AMOISE GATE: WHERE THE FEAST BEGGINS!
DON’T MISS THE FEAST: 26 & 27 ΜΑΥ
MEDIEVAL MUSIC & DANCING EVENTS FROM THE EAST AND THE WEST,
MEN ON STILTS, RE-ENACTMENTS, FIRE SHOWS, JUGGLING, TROTS, GAMES, SWORDSFIGHT DISPLAYS, ARCHERY, SILVERSMITH, CREATIVE WORKSHOPS, ROASTS, SMOKED FISH, TRADITIONAL FOOD, SWEETS, WINE & BEER.
SPECIAL EVENTS
“HOLDING UP TO PUBLIC RIDICULE … “ and PIRATE ATTACKS
by the “Medieval Rose” Swordfight group, escorted by the “Medieval Rose” drummer
* Φωτογραφία αφίσας από τη Νικήτρια του Διαγωνισμού Φωτογραφίας Ανατολής Ταπούρη, από τη Θεσσαλονίκη, 20 ετών.
Για τα Νέα του φεστιβάλ στη σελίδα στο Facebook: www.facebook.com/medievalrose.medievalfestival
και το Facebook group-ομάδα: www.facebook.com/groups/medievalrose
