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
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
Palio
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Palio is the name given in Italy to an annual athletic contest, very often of a historical character, pitting the neighbourhoods of a town or the hamlets of a comune against each other. Typically, the
Palio di Siena
…The Palio di Siena (pronounced ; known locally simply as Il Palio; from Latin pallium) 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…
The Palio di Siena in July 2010