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
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...
,
archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...
,
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 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
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...
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
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Palio
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 som ...
of
Bientina
Bientina () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany.
History
The toponym Bientina is attested the first time in 793 as Blentina and probably comes from the Etruscan name Plitine.
Geography
Terr ...
, third Sunday of July.
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Buti in honor of
St. Anthony the Abbot
Anthony the Great ( grc-gre, Ἀντώνιος ''Antṓnios''; ar, القديس أنطونيوس الكبير; la, Antonius; ; c. 12 January 251 – 17 January 356), was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is d ...
,
*
Palio di Castel del Piano
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 som ...
of
Castel del Piano
Castel del Piano is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) of Province of Grosseto in the Tuscany, central Italy.
History
The area of Castel del Piano is known to have been inhabited in prehistoric times, but the town itself is mentioned for th ...
, racing on September 8
*
Palio delle Contrade
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 som ...
, in
Faella
Faella is a frazione of Pian di Scò in the Province of Arezzo in the Italy, Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km southeast of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Arezzo, in the Valdarno.
Faella borders the following municipa ...
*
Palio dei Rioni di Castiglion Fiorentino
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 som ...
the third Sunday of June
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Casole d'Elsa
Casole d'Elsa kaːzoleis a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about west of Siena.
Main sights
The church of ''San Niccolò'', of Romanesque origin, has ...
, Second Sunday of July
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Piancastagnaio
*
Palio di Fucecchio
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 som ...
, at the end of May.
*
Palio
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 som ...
in
Montelaterone
*
Palio
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 som ...
in
Monticiano
*
Palio di Siena, race is held July 2 and August 16
*
Palio della Costa Etrusca
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 som ...
in
San Vincenzo (suspended)
*
Palio del Valdarno
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 som ...
, a
Faella
Faella is a frazione of Pian di Scò in the Province of Arezzo in the Italy, Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km southeast of Florence and about 35 km northwest of Arezzo, in the Valdarno.
Faella borders the following municipa ...
, in
Pian di Scò
Pian di Scò is a ''frazione'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo, in the Valdarno. It was a separate commune until 2014, when it was merge ...
*
Palio
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 som ...
in
Pian di Scò
Pian di Scò is a ''frazione'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo, in the Valdarno. It was a separate commune until 2014, when it was merge ...
, on August 7
*
Palio delle Bandiere e dei Territori in
Follonica
Follonica () is a town and ''comune'' (township) of province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany, on the Gulf of Follonica (''Golfo di Follonica''), about northwest of the city of Grosseto.
History
It was founded in 1834 by Grand Duke L ...
*
Palio di San Luca
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 som ...
in
Impruneta in October
Lazio
*
Corsa a vuoto
The Opel Corsa is a supermini car engineered and produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel since 1982. Throughout its existence, it has been sold under a variety of other brands owned by General Motors (most notably Vauxhall, Chevrolet ...
of
Ronciglione, a
Carnival feast. In August
*
Palio del Tirreno
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 som ...
of
Maccarese-
Fiumicino, not held in 2008.
*
Palio Madama Margarita di
Castel Madama
Castel Madama is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Lazio, located about east of Rome.
International relations
Castel Madama is twinned with:
* Oudenaarde
Oudenaarde (; french: Audenarde ; in English ...
, every second Sunday in July.
*
Palio dell'Arcata in
Acquapendente.
*
Palio
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 som ...
in
Bomarzo
*
Palio del Tributo in
Priverno
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Tolfa Tolfa is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy; it lies to the ENE of Civitavecchia by road.
It is the main center in the Monti della Tolfa, an extinct volcanic group between Civitavecchia and ...
last Sunday in August.
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Sacrofano
Sacrofano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome. Located near the Monti Sabatini, at the feet of an extinct volcano, it is included in the Regional Park of Veii.
...
, Second Sunday in September.
*
Corsa of
Formello, on August 10.
*
Palio di San Matteo
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 som ...
, on September 22
*
Corsa al Fantino in
Capranica
*
Corsa in
Campagnano di Roma
Campagnano di Roma is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about northwest of Rome. It was first mentioned in 1076, having been carved out of the great estate assembled on the Roman p ...
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Selci in September.
*
Corsa of
Monterosi
Monterosi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Lazio, located about 30 km (18,64 mi) north of the Grande Raccordo Anulare of Rome, about 40 km (24,85 mi) south of Viterbo.
Geography
Mo ...
, on September 15
*
Carosello Storico dei Rioni
''Carosello'' () was an Italian television advertising show broadcast on RAI from 1957 to 1977. The series mainly showed short sketch comedy films using live action, various types of animation, and puppetry. It had an audience of about 20 milli ...
of
Cori
Cori or CORI may refer to:
* Cori cycle, the metabolic pathway where lactic acid produced in the muscles is converted into glucose in the liver
* Cori (lunar crater)
* Cori, a crater on Venus
* Cori (name)
* ''Cori, de Scheepsjongen'' (''Cori, the ...
, in June and July.
*
Pallio della Carriera in
Carpineto Romano
Carpineto Romano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome.
It is the birthplace of Pope Leo XIII.
Carpineto Romano borders the following municipalities: Bassian ...
(
RM).
* Palio delle Quattro Porte – Vallecorsa
Lombardy
*
Palio della Valle Olona
*
Palio di Legnano, Last Sunday in May
*
Palio di S.Pietro
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 som ...
at
Abbiategrasso
*
Palio degli Asini in
Premosello
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Rho
Rho (uppercase Ρ, lowercase ρ or ; el, ρο or el, ρω, label=none) is the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 100. It is derived from Phoenician letter res . Its uppercase form uses the sa ...
, Second Sunday in October.
*
Palio di Avucat at
Caponago, second Sunday in September
Piedmont
*
Palio di Asti
The Palio di Asti (or ''Palio Astese'' in its most archaic nomenclature) is a traditional Italian festival of medieval origin that culminates with a bareback horse race.
The race has been run each year since the 13th century. The earliest record, ...
, 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
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
*
Palio dei Comuni of
Fonni, First Sunday In June
*
Palio dei Comuni of
Goceano
The Goceano ( sc, Costèra) is a historical and geographical region of center-north of Sardinia island, Italy.
It covers a surface of 480 km2 and has a population of 13,000 inhabitants (27 inhabitants/km2). It is located inside the Province ...
*
Palio "Sas Carrelas", at
Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2.
Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Sassari
Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...
Umbria
*
Palio (Giostra) del Giglio at
Monteleone d'Orvieto
Monteleone d'Orvieto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 35 km southwest of Perugia and about 60 km northwest of Terni.
History
According to 16th-century historian Cipriano ...
, 16 August
*
Palio di Nera Montoro in September
Veneto
*
Palio di Feltre First Sunday in August. Horse race and Archery contest
*
Palio dei 10 Comuni del Montagnanese
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 som ...
, at
Montagnana
Montagnana is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Padova, in Veneto (northern Italy). Neighbouring communes are Borgo Veneto, Casale di Scodosia, Urbana, Bevilacqua, Pojana Maggiore, Pressana, Minerbe and Roveredo di Guà. , the popula ...
, first Sunday in September
*
Palio delle contrade di Monselice Second and Third Sunday in September.
Marche
*
Palio dell'Assunta di
Fermo, on August 15
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Montegiorgio
*
Palio of Sant'Emidio also called ''Quintana'' in
Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno (; la, Asculum; dialetto ascolano: Ascule) is a town and ''comune'' in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is around 46,000 but the urban area of the city has more than 93,000.
Geo ...
*
Corsa del Drappo in
Loreto, on September 7
*
Contesa della Margutta a
Corridonia, early September
*
Palio della miniera di zolfo di
Cabernardi, early August
*
Palio dei Castelli
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 som ...
in
San Severino Marche, early June.
Emilia-Romagna
*
Palio di Ferrara
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 som ...
, Last Sunday in May
*
Palio del Maggio
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 som ...
, at
Savigno
Savigno is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' (municipality) of Valsamoggia in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southwest of Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; ...
in May.
*
Palio delle contrade
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 som ...
in
San Secondo Parmense
San Secondo Parmense ( Sansecondino: or ; Parmigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northwest of Parma.
San Secondo Parmense borders ...
*
Palio di Parma
The Palio di Parma is a festival that is held once a year in the northern Italian town of Parma, and traces back to the ancient "Scarlet Run". ,
*
Palio del Niballo
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 som ...
, at
Faenza
Faenza (, , ; rgn, Fènza or ; la, Faventia) is an Italian city and comune of 59,063 inhabitants in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated southeast of Bologna.
Faenza is home to a historical manufacture of majolica-ware glazed eart ...
*
Palio di Giovecca, at Giovecca
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Mordano
Mordano ( rgn, Murdè or ) is a town and ''comune'' in Emilia Romagna (Italy), situated in the province of Bologna. The municipality is organized in two major villages: ''Mordano'' and ''Bubano''.
History
An intense activity of centuriation was pe ...
Sicily
*
Palio
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 som ...
of Butera
*
Palio
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 som ...
of
Piazza Armerina, August 11 to 13.
*
Palio dell'Ascensione
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 som ...
in
Floridia
*
Palio di San Vincenzo
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 som ...
, in
Acate
Acate ( Sicilian: ''Acati'' or ''Vischiri'') is a small town and ''comune'' in the south of Sicily, Italy, part of the province of Ragusa. It is located in the Dirillo River valley, from Ragusa.
Until 1938 it was called Biscari, and its histo ...
Basilicata
*
Palio di Sant'Antonio abate in
Pignola
Pignola is an Italian town in the province of Potenza in Basilicata. It borders to the east with Anzi, to the south-west with Abriola, to the west with Tito and to the north with Potenza
Potenza (, also , ; , Potentino dialect: ''Putenz'') i ...
, on January 17, 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
*
Palio del Viccio of
Palo del Colle
Palo del Colle ( Palese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located ...
– held at carnival.
Palios with donkey races
Umbria
*
Giochi de le Porte of
Gualdo Tadino
Lombardy
*
Corsa cogli Asini
The Opel Corsa is a supermini car engineered and produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel since 1982. Throughout its existence, it has been sold under a variety of other brands owned by General Motors (most notably Vauxhall Motors, Va ...
of
Dairago
Dairago ( lmo, Dairagh or , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan.
Dairago borders the following municipalities: Busto Arsizio, Legnano, Magnago, Vill ...
*
Palio degli Asini in
Bereguardo
*
Palio del Cinghiale, in
Cesano Boscone
Cesano Boscone ( lmo, Cesan ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southwest of Milan.
Cesano Boscone borders the following municipalities: Milan, Corsico, Trezzano sul Nav ...
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
Venaria Reale ( pms, La Venerìa) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin.
Venaria Reale borders the municipalities of Robassomero, Caselle Torinese, Druent ...
Toscana
*
Palio dei Ciuchi
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 som ...
of
Campagnatico
Campagnatico is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about northeast of Grosseto in the valley of the Ombrone River.
History
The town was founded as a fief of ...
, in September
*
Palio dei Micci of Pozzi, frazione di
Seravezza
Seravezza is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany, Italy. It is located in Versilia, close to the Apuan Alps.
Neighboring municipalities
*Forte dei Marmi
*Massa
*Montignoso
*Pietrasanta
* Stazzema
Patron saints
Sera ...
*
Palio dei Ciuchi
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 som ...
of Carmignano (Italia), Carmignano, in September
*Palio dei somari of Bagnolo, Santa Fiora, Bagnolo
*Palio dei somari of Torrita di Siena
*Palio dei somari (Montepulciano Stazione), Palio dei Somari of Montepulciano Stazione
*Giostra dei sestrieri, Palio dei Ciuchi of Roccatederighi
* Palio de' Ciui of Lugnano, Vicopisano, Lugnano
*Palio dei somarelli of Vallerona
Campania
* "Il Palio di Somma Vesuviana", second Sunday in September
* "Palio del casale", Palio Nazionale degli asini, Camposano
* "Palio del ciuccio", Cuccaro Vetere.
Lazio
*
Palio delle Contrade
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 som ...
, in Gonfalone di Arpino.
*Palio di Corchiano, Palio delle Contrade of Corchiano, First Sunday in August
*
Palio delle Contrade
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 som ...
of Allumiere
*Palio di San Ciro at Sora, Italy, Sora
Marche
*Palio del Somaro in Mercatello sul Metauro
Emilia-Romagna
*
Palio di Ferrara
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 som ...
*
Palio di Parma
The Palio di Parma is a festival that is held once a year in the northern Italian town of Parma, and traces back to the ancient "Scarlet Run". ,
*Palio di somari, Palio dei somari of Grizzana Morandi
Friuli
* Palio dei Borghi di Fagagna, second Sunday in September.
Palios with boat races (''Palii remieri'')
Tuscany
*Palio dell'Argentario, in Porto Santo Stefano, August 15
*Palio di Calcinaia of Calcinaia
*Palio di San Ranieri, in Arno and Pisa on June 17
*Palio Madonna del Lago of Massaciuccoli, since 1967.
Liguria
*Palio Marinaro di San Pietro, at Genoa, first Sunday of July
*Palio del Golfo, at La Spezia, first Sunday of August
*Palio dei Sestieri, in Ventimiglia, Italy, Ventimiglia, second Sunday in August
*Regata dei Rioni di Noli, in Noli, Second Sunday in September
Apulia
*Palio di Taranto, Palio of Taranto
Trentino
*Palio dell'Oca (Trento), Palio dell'Oca, in Trento
Veneto
*Regata Storica, in Venice
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Calabria
*Palio di San Giorgio, in Reggio Calabria, on April 23
Lazio
*Palio del mare of Gaeta
Palios with weapons
Tuscany
*Palio della balestra in Lucca, on July 12, a crossbow contest
*Palio di Pescia, Palio in Pescia, an archery contest
*Disfida con l'Arco in Montopoli in Val d'Arno (Pi), an archery contest
*Diotto, Palio del Diotto in Scarperia, on September 8 (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 di Orte, Palio of Orte, an archery contest
Friuli
*Palio di San Donato, in Cividale del Friuli, last Sunday in August, an archery contest
*Palio di Cordovado, Palio of Cordovado, first Sunday of September, an archery contest with a medieval costume parade
Emilia-Romagna
*Palio di Santa Reparata, 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
External links
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Il Palio Di Siena Official Site
Il Palio Di Siena English Site
Giostra del Saracino
Palio of Asti
Palio of Siena
Palio of Ferrara
Palio dei Rioni, Castiglion Fiorentino
Palio Madama Margarita
Palio of Legnano
Palio della balestra Volterra
Certame della Contea di Popoli
Palio of San Rufino
Palio dei 10 Comuni
Ottava di S. Egidio – Palio of archery
Tourism in Italy
Italian traditions
Festivals in Italy
Sports originating in Italy