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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

Lazio

Lombardy

Piedmont

Sardinia

Umbria

Veneto

Marche

Emilia Romagna

Sicily

Basilicata

Abruzzo

Puglia

Palios with donkey races

Umbria

Lombardy

Piedmont

Toscana

Campania

Lazio

Marche

Emilia - Romagna

Friuli

  • Palio dei Borghi di Fagagna, second Sunday in September.

Palios with boat races (Palii remieri)

Tuscany

Liguria

Apulia

Trentino

Calabria

Lazio

Palios with weapons

Tuscany

Umbria

Lazio

Friuli

Emilia - Romagna

Veneto