The Palio di Siena (Italian: [ˈpaːljo di ˈsjɛːna]; known locally simply as Il Palio; from Latin pallium) is a horse race held twice each year, on 2 July...
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countryside. In the city of Siena, the term indicates the 17 urban wards, whose representatives race on horseback in the Palio di Siena, run twice every year...
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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...
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art, museums, medieval cityscape and the Palio, a horse race held twice a year in Piazza del Campo. Siena, like other Tuscan hill towns, was first settled...
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Piazza del Campo (redirect from Piazza del Campo, Siena)
the northwest edge is the Fonte Gaia. The twice-a-year horse-race, Palio di Siena, is held around the edges of the piazza. The piazza is also the finish...
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Corteo Storico (redirect from Corteo storico (Palio di Siena))
a historical costume parade in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It takes place before the famous horse race known as the Palio on the 2nd of July and on August...
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Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbaŋka ˈmonte dei ˈpaski di ˈsjɛːna]), known as BMPS or just MPS, is an Italian bank. Tracing...
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Contrada of the Tortoise (category Siena)
seventeen historic subdivisions of the Tuscan city of Siena. It takes part in the Palio di Siena. The Notice of Violante of Bavaria (1730) determines the...
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Andrea Degortes (section Palio Victories)
Italy), is a retired Italian Palio jockey, and the modern-day record holder for greatest number of wins in the Palio di Siena with 14 victories between 1965...
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Sinta Tantra (section Palio di Siena (2017))
the 2017 Palio di Siena, a twice-yearly tradition stretching back 600 years, in which representatives of the 17 contradae (districts) of Siena race on...
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the historical costume parade called Corteo Storico that precedes the Palio of Siena. Between one stop and another, in fact, while the representatives of...
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Pienza, Sinalunga, Trequanda. The most important event in Torrita di Siena is the "Palio dei Somari", a race among donkeys, which is run on Saint Joseph's...
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Palio is a 2015 British documentary film. Filmed in Siena, Italy, the film documents Palio di Siena, the oldest continually run horse race in the world...
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Fiat Siena is a subcompact car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat from 1996 to 2022. It is the four-door sedan version of the Fiat Palio, a supermini...
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also used in the Siena sedan, the Palio Weekend station wagon, the Palio Adventure crossover and the Strada light pick-up truck. The Palio badge originated...
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and are still used in processions such as the corteo storico of the Palio di Siena. From 1931 breeders began to favour selection of animals more suited...
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Nucci and Guido Celano. The film is set against the backdrop of the Palio di Siena during the Medieval era. Leda Gloria as Fiora Laura Nucci as Liliana...
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Luigi Bruschelli (category Sportspeople from Siena)
December 1968, Siena, Italy; known as "Trecciolino" or "Gigi") is an Italian jockey, and is the most successful active jockey in the Palio di Siena with 13 wins...
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2026 Winter Olympics (section Val di Fiemme Cluster)
2024, l'ordine di uscita di cantanti e ospiti stasera". Sky TG24 (in Italian). Sky Italia. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024. Di Grazia, Ida (7...
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Palio di Siena (known locally simply as Il Palio, English: The Palio) is a horse race that is held twice each year, on 2 July and 16 August, in Siena...
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Silvano Vigni (section Palio Victories)
known as Bastiano) is a retired Italian Palio jockey, and one of the most notorious competitors in Il Palio Di Siena in the 20th century with a strong rivalry...
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Retrieved 4 April 2022. "Il Palio di Siena tra luci e ombre" (in Italian). June 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2022. "Siena: Palio e non solo" (in Italian). Retrieved...
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Quantum of Solace (category Films set in Siena)
marble quarry in Carrara, and a recreation of the Palio di Siena at the Piazza del Campo in Siena. 1,000 extras were hired for a scene where Bond emerges...
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October 2022. "Siena: Palio e non solo" (in Italian). Retrieved 4 April 2022. "The Palio Horse Race - All the victories at the Palio di Siena from 1633 to...
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Venice Film Festival (redirect from Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Venezia)
Festival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale")...
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Canto della Verbena (redirect from E mentre Siena dorme)
hymn to the city of Siena, and is popularly sung at sporting events like those of the Palio di Siena and of the local Robur Siena football club. On 12–13...
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festival of the local patron saint. Festivals and festivities include: the Palio di Siena horse race, Holy Week rites, Saracen Joust of Arezzo, and the calcio...
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traditional cultural events linked to quartieri: a notable case is the Palio di Siena. Only in a few Italian cities, like in Florence and Bologna, a quartiere...
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original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2017. "LEONARDO: IL CONSIGLIO DI AMMINISTRAZIONE NOMINA ALESSANDRO PROFUMO AMMINISTRATORE DELEGATO". Archived...
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Venice Biennale (redirect from Biennale di Venezia)
The Venice Biennale (/ˌbiːɛˈnɑːleɪ, -li/; Italian: La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy, by...
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