Siena what to see on the occasion of the Palio
Who says Dadi Siena Palio. And finally, after the forced break from the pandemic, in Piazza del Campo the traditional appointment with the most awaited equestrian carousel of the year is back.
After victory of the Dragon to the photo finish during the race held on 2 July, the “career” of August 16dedicated toAssuntait will be another great party of the restart but, once again, also a choral celebration of the city, its history, its people and the tourists who come here from the four corners of the planet, and are bewitched by the place and the event: a dream preserved over the centuries, vital and felt like a faith, which this summer finds its vigorous and festive liturgy.
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Preparations for the restart
After two painful seasons of stop, on the race course the tuff was again spread, the mixture of earth that covers the ring of the track to facilitate the horse race and which is put one day before the tests and removed the day after. the Palio race, the first edition of which dates back to 2 July 1652although there are traces of a very similar competition already in vogue in the twelfth century.
The epicenter of the event will be, as always, in the central square of Siena, where in the days preceding the Palio the pairing between contrade and horses, the so-called “Barbers “This term probably derives from the adjective “Berber”, because Barbary horses – an area that corresponds to present-day North Africa – are considered stronger and more robust than the delicate English thoroughbreds.
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The guide to discover Siena
A weekend dedicated to the Palio will therefore have to start from Siena, as Carolina Orlandi suggests in the new guide 111 places in Siena and its surroundings that you really have to discover (Emons), which collects the doc addresses (including clubs, restaurants, shops of local delicacies and cellars) to better enjoy the atmosphere of the medieval jewel nestled between the hills of the Val di Chiana and Val d’Orcia.
Ancient villages, woods and wine
The fact remains that, allowing a few more days for the trip, the visit to Siena can slowly transform itself – a guide in hand – into the pretext to set out to discover the surrounding area, with its picturesque villages where people still grow at the same pace. ancient art of savoir vivre, with woods that hide clear streams and natural pools, thematic itineraries, craftsmanship and the culture of the most famous red wine in the world – Chianti – born in the lands around the castle of Brolio in Gaiole (in the picture), where the Ricasoli family harvested it since the seventeenth century.
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Gaiole in Chianti, however, it is the cradle of another Sienese race of excellence: the Eroica (eroica.cc/it), the progenitor of all the vintage cycle-tourism that since 1997 has been celebrated on the first weekend of October (this year it will start at dawn on Sunday 2 October), attracting thousands of riders on two wheels from the four corners of the planet. .
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