Burlamacco

The Carnival of Viareggio has its mask: Burlamacco.

Burlamacco was created by painter and graphic from Viareggio Uberto Bonetti in 1930. Since 1931  the mask has been the protagonist on the official poster as symbol of the event.  Bonetti was inspired by the masks of the “Commedia dell’Arte”, but he designed Burlamacco in a futuristic way: he wanted to summarize in the mask  two highlights times of Viareggio’s life: the summer (with the colors white and red which were the typical colors of umbrellas on the beaches during theThirties ) and the Carnival.