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 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 staged with an eye to visitors and foreign tourists.

The oldest extant palio is the Palio di Ferrara, but the Palio di Siena is better known internationally. There are many other palios that are held throughout the various regions of Italy. Here follows an incomplete list:

Italian Palios

Palios with horse races

Tuscany

  • Palio of Bientina, third Sunday of July.
  • Palio of Buti in honor of St. Anthony the Abbot,
  • Palio di Castel del Piano, racing on September 8
  • Palio delle Contrade, in Faella
  • Palio dei Rioni di Castiglion Fiorentino the third Sunday of June
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    Palio (gastropod)

    Palio is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae.

    Species

    Species in the genus Palio include:

  • Palio amakusana (Baba, 1960)
  • Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829)
  • Palio fujitai (Baba, 1937)
  • Palio gracilis (Pease, 1971)
  • Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838)
  • Palio pallida (Bergh, 1880)
  • Palio zosterae (O'Donoghue, 1924) eelgrass polycera

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    Palio (film)

    Palio is a 1932 Italian historical drama film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Leda Gloria, Laura Nucci and Guido Celano. The film is set against the backdrop of the Palio di Siena during the Medieval era.

    Cast

  • Leda Gloria as Fiora
  • Laura Nucci as Liliana
  • Guido Celano as Zarre
  • Mario Ferrari as Bachicche
  • Mario Brizzolari as Dott. Turamini
  • Olga Capri as La Cicciona, innkeeper
  • Ugo Ceseri as Rancanino
  • Vasco Creti as Brandano
  • Mara Dussia as Vittoria de' Fortarrighi
  • Anita Farra as Beatrice
  • Umberto Sacripante as Saragiolo
  • Gino Viotti as Gano

    • References

  • ↑ Bondanella p.37

    • Bibliography

  • Bondanella, Peter. A History of Italian Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009.

    • External links

  • Palio at the Internet Movie Database


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