February 14 Valentine’s Day

It is the Lovers’ Day and it is one of the most heartfelt traditions today.

Already in the nineteenth century with the production of greeting cards, the marketing of anniversaries was given impetus. The tradition of exchanging love cards is now secondary to exchanging gifts, in addition to celebrating with a candlelit dinner.

Cà di Fiore with its rooms equipped with every comfort, and a park of 10,000 square meters, lends itself perfectly to welcoming couples of lovers who want to spend an enchanting evening. Quiet and relaxing atmosphere, it will be the stage for Cupid’s arrows.

Background

Previously there was a pagan festival personified by the rural god Faun-Luperco, where women received a blessing that propitiated their fertility. With the aim of Christianizing the Roman feast, Pope Gelasius I, in 496 instituted a religious feast in the name of Saint Valentine of Terni.

While the historical evolution of the anniversary remains uncertain, there are some historical references, which suggest that Valentine’s Day was dedicated to lovers since the first centuries of the second millennium. Among these, there is the foundation in Paris, February 14, 1400, of the “High Court of Love”, an institution inspired by the principles of courtly love. The court was intended to decide on disputes related to love contracts, betrayals and violence against women.

The oldest “valentina” of which traces have remained dates back to the 15th century and was written by Charles d’Orléans, at the time held in the Tower of London after the defeat at the Battle of Agincourt (1415). Carlo addresses his wife (the second, Bonne di Armagnac) with the words: Je suis desja d’amour tanné, ma tres doulce Valentinée… (I am already sick of love, my sweetest Valentina).

Other references, in Shakespeare’s Hamlet (1601), during the scene of Ophelia’s madness (scene V of act IV), the girl sings raving: “Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and, as soon as the day breaks, I who am a girl I’ll knock on your window, I want to be your Valentina “.

Furthermore, in the middle of February the first signs of the awakening of nature are found; in the Middle Ages, especially in France and England, it was believed that on that date the mating of birds began, so this event lent itself to being considered “the party of lovers”.