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Palio

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Palio (disambiguation).

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, they are fought in costume and commemorate some event or tradition of the Middle Ages and thus often involve horse racing, archery, jousting, crossbow shooting, and similar medieval sports. Once purely a matter of local rivalries, many have now become events that are staged with an eye to visitors and foreign tourists.

The Palio di Siena in July 2010

The Palio di Siena is the only one that has been run without interruption since it started in the 1630s and is definitely the most famous all over the world. Its historical origins are documented since 1239 even though the version seen today was the final evolution of races held from the second half of the 16th century. In 1935, Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini sent out an official declaration that only the one of Siena could bring the designation of Palio. All other horse races held in various parts of Italy are actually just modern reenactments. After the Second World War, nevertheless, many other palios arose throughout the various regions of Italy, which could be considered just attempts of imitation of the Palio di Siena. Here is an incomplete list:

Italian Palios

Palios with horse races

Tuscany

Lazio

Lombardy

Piedmont

  • Palio di Asti, every third Sunday in September
  • Palio dei Borghi of Fossano, at the end of June
  • Palio storico dei Borghi di Avigliana, at Avigliana, Third Sunday in June

Sardinia

Umbria

Veneto

  • Palio di Feltre First Sunday in August. Horse race and Archery contest
  • Palio dei 10 Comuni del Montagnanese, at Montagnana, first Sunday in September
  • Palio delle contrade di Monselice Second and Third Sunday in September.

Marche

Emilia-Romagna

Sicily

Basilicata

  • Palio di Sant'Antonio abate in Pignola, on 17 January, a race with Horses, donkeys and mules

Abruzzo

  • Palio della Giostra Cavalleresca in Sulmona Last Saturday and Sunday of July
  • Palio della Giostra Cavalleresca dei Borghi più Belli d'Italia – in Sulmona
  • Palio della Giostra Cavalleresca d'Europa – Sulmona

Puglia

Palios with donkey races

Umbria

Lombardy

Piedmont

  • Palio degli Asini di Alba in Alba
  • Palio degli Asini di Cocconato in Cocconato
  • Palio degli Asini di Quarto d'Asti in Quarto d'Asti
  • Paglio ragliante di Calliano in Calliano
  • Palio dei Borghi in Venaria

Toscana

Campania

  • "Il Palio di Somma Vesuviana", second Sunday in September[1]
  • "Palio del casale", Palio Nazionale degli asini, Camposano
  • "Palio del ciuccio", Cuccaro Vetere.

Lazio

  • Palio delle Contrade, in Gonfalone di Arpino.
  • Palio delle Contrade of Corchiano, First Sunday in August
  • Palio delle Contrade of Allumiere
  • Palio di San Ciro at Sora

Marche

Emilia-Romagna

Friuli

  • Palio dei Borghi di Fagagna, second Sunday in September

Palios with boat races (Palii remieri)

Tuscany

Liguria

Apulia

Trentino

  • Palio dell'Oca, in Trento

Veneto

Calabria

Lazio

Palios with weapons

Tuscany

  • Palio della balestra in Lucca, on July 12, a crossbow contest
  • Palio in Pescia, an archery contest
  • Disfida con l'Arco in Montopoli in Val d'Arno (Pi), an archery contest
  • Palio del Diotto in Scarperia, on 8 September (one of the games is a knife-throwing)

Umbria

  • Palio di San Rufino in Assisi, a crossbow competition
  • Palio dei Terzieri, in August, an archery contest

Lazio

  • Palio of Orte, an archery contest

Friuli

  • Palio di San Donato, in Cividale del Friuli, last Sunday in August, an archery contest
  • Palio of Cordovado, first Sunday of September, an archery contest with a medieval costume parade

Emilia-Romagna

  • Palio di Santa Reparata e della Romagna Toscana, in Terra del Sole, a crossbow contest

Veneto

  • Palio della Marciliana, in Chioggia, a crossbow contest.

References

  1. ^ "Home". paliodisommavesuviana.it.
  2. ^ Official website

External links

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