The Escalade will take place this year from December 13 to 15 in the Old Town of Geneva with a new Mother Kingdom and the theme of celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Falco canon.
This year, Mother Kingdom, one of the heroines of the Escalade night, known for having thrown a pot filled with vegetable soup on the head of one of the attackers, will have a new face. After 30 years, Chantal Fillettaz gave up her apron after her thirtieth and final procession last year. Lady Kingdom will be played by Isabelle Plumley. She is not arriving in unknown territory since she will take part in her 39th historical procession, the first in the guise of one of the most emblematic figures of Escalade.
Playing this character does not scare Isabelle Plumley. On the contrary, she recognizes herself in what the Mother Kingdom embodies.
Replica firearm
“The Falco”, a cannon which is a replica of the muzzle which would have fired at the troops of Duke Charles-Emmanuel I of Savoy, will be in the spotlight this year. “Le Falco” is a faithful historical reproduction of an artillery piece from the Escalade era. “He has been at the service” of the Geneva population for 25 years. For its gunners, handling such a machine remains something special.
Exactly reconstructed using 17th century methods, the Falco is also used historically and nothing is left to chance.
The historic Escalade procession, which celebrates, in the streets of Geneva, the victory, in 1602, of the Genevans over the troops of the Duke of Savoy, will be broadcast for the first time live on RTS 2, as well as on Léman Bleu like every year. The parade takes place this year on December 15, starting at nightfall, as tradition requires.
“It’s a magnificent opportunity to introduce climbing to our compatriots beyond Versoix,” explains, quoted in a press release, Jean-Marc Barberis, president of Compagnie 1602, the association which organizes the festivities. The procession is made up of around 800 costumed participants.
This is the most important historical procession in Europe, recalls the Company 1602. The parade ends its route on the square in front of Saint-Pierre cathedral, around a bonfire.
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