Palio di Legnano
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The Palio di Legnano is a traditional event generally held on the last Sunday of May in the city of Legnano, Italy, to recall the Battle of Legnano held on 29 May 1176 by the Lombard League and the Ho
Basilica of San Simpliciano, Milan
Festivity in San Magno Square in Legnano in 1876, seven centuries after the battle (29 May 1876)
Legnano at the beginning of the 20th century
The Dell'Acqua plant in Legnano
Palio di Siena
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The Palio di Siena is a horse race held twice each year, on 2 July and 16 August, in Siena, Italy. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventee
Palio di Legnano
…forced the organizers of the event to change the name of the event in such a way that the term "palio" was associated, exclusively, with the homonymous manifestation of Siena. On 5 June 1935, shortly after the end of the first edition of the event, Galeazzo Ciano, undersecretary of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of…
Horse and jockey (fantino) turning a bend of the race course at Piazza del Campo
Palio alla tonda, 1633, by Bernardino Capitelli
The carroccio of Siena during the Corteo Storico procession preceding the Palio of August 2006
View of the Piazza del Campo, where the Palio is run