EARLY MODERN · 1500–1789
Lessines Historical Pageant
Known locally as Fêtes historiques du Festin de Lessines
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🇧🇪 Lessines, Belgium
About
An annual Renaissance-themed civic pageant in the Hainaut town of Lessines, commemorating the town's successful 1578 defence against attackers during the Eighty Years' War, an episode local tradition credits to guard captain Sébastien de Tramasure. The 2026 edition is the 448th, with over 600 costumed participants, a Renaissance mass, a period craft market, concerts and a grand historical procession through the town centre.
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