Il Palio Siena

Siena , Tuscany, Italy

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    Siena

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    5:45AM wake up.

    Buongiorno! (I'm getting a little better.)

    The mist descended, and the morning was perfect. I don't normally drink coffee, but if I did, this would've been the perfect moment.

    In today's plans: watching (though more like witnessing) the proof for the Palio horse race. People go nuts over this here. The …

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    The horse race of Siena

    ... had to remain closed, hence the outside sleeping. Perugia was good but we had driven to this area as we wanted to see Il Palio in Siena. The twice annual horse race around the town square. We had arrived five days earlier and run into the Aussie couple ...

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    Siena and San Gimignano

    ... Siena and San Gimignano. (Siena FYI is the next city I want to live in!!) It's the city with the famous horse race, il palio. The whole place is obsessed with this race, it happens twice every summer. The city is split into 17 different districts and ...

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    Il Centro di Siena

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    ... in Siena and the center of Senese life.  It is where crowds gather for festivals, farmer's markets, and, of course, Il Palio, Siena's most famous horse race (more on these later).  Piazza del Campo is thought to be one of Europe's ...

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    Ancient Siena

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    ... – shaped like a seashell  and slightly sloped – it is the home of the brutal bi-annual horse race – Il Palio.  This event dates back 800 or so years and has become the centerpiece of Sienese life.  Siena, as we learned ...

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    Siena Miller Time

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    ... quieter in the evening when all the 'tourists' have left. Twice a year in the Piazza del Campo they run a horse race called Il Palio. If you saw the piazza you wouldn't believe it's true. We actually went and saw a 20 minute documentary on the race ...

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    A Much Nicer Day Trip To Siena!

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    ... lying out on the piazza or eating at one of the numerous cafes that lined it.  [Also, Il Campo has been the site of Il Palio since the Middle Ages, a spectacular (or so we’re told) twice-yearly held wild horse race that is held around its ...

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    Gothic Siena.....

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    ... the sloping Piazza del Campo has been Siena's social centre since the 14th century and is still used today to hold Siena's most spectacular event, Il Palio (Pagent and horse race). On the upper part of Il Campo stands a 15th century Fontana Gaia (Happy ...

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    Back in the saddle

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    ... there was no room at any other inn and we quickly discovered why... As luck would have it, we'd landed in Siena just in time for Il Palio - an ancient, twice yearly horse race between the 10 parishes of Siena and the biggest event in the Sienese ...

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    Bella Siena

    Took a flight from Catania to Rome. A train from Rome to Siena. Reached the hotel by the evening of 19th. Took a stroll to the Piazza del campo. Spent the evening there. Visited the following on the 20th - 1. Museo civico which is located in the Palazzo ...

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    La Dolce Vita

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    ... to land in the Chiocciola Contrada and enjoy the live as part of the community. The Palio di Siena (known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race held twice each year on July 2 and August 16 ...