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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 and 16 August, in Siena, Italy. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen contrade , or city wards, in a tradition dating back ...
Luigi Bruschelli (born 27 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 between 1996 and 2012. But in more recent times has been mired by scandal around doping and animal cruelty.
Giovanni Atzeni (born 12 April 1985, Nagold, Germany), also known as Tittia, is an Italian Palio jockey.. Atzeni is famous for winning two consecutive races during Il Palio Di Siena in 2013, subsequently stopping his rival Luigi Bruschelli from matching the 200-year old record of 14 Palio wins.
The Palio di Siena in July 2010. The Palio di Siena is the only one that has been run without interruption since it started in the 1630s and is definitely the most famous all over the world. Its historical origins are documented since 1239 even though the version seen today was the final evolution of races held from the second half of the 16th ...
The she-wolf of this contrada refers to the legend that Siena was founded by Senius and Aschius, the sons of Remus, who were raised by a wolf. Because of this, Lupa ' s sister city is Rome. The Lupa museum's prize exhibit is a photograph of Giuseppe Garibaldi, which he donated to the contrada on its victory in the Palio di Siena of 1867.
after 1581), was an Italian equestrian who was the first woman to ride in a famous horse race in Siena. [1] Horse and jockey turning a bend of the race course at Piazza del Campo. Tacci rode on 15 August 1581 [2] in the challenging race that was the predecessor of today's Palio di Siena. As a 15-year-old girl, she came to be regarded as a role ...
Silvano Vigni (born 7 August 1954 in Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy, 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 with another rider, Andrea Degortes (known as Aceto). Silvano won 5 Palios between 1978 and 1990.
One of them, Pietro De Angelis (nicknamed "Pietrino"), winner of two previous Palio races, died of a heart attack while the movie was being filmed in August. [ 6 ] The movie was also a springboard for the career of the sole woman jockey of the modern Palio horse race, Rosanna Bonelli , nicknamed "Diavola" but better known as "Rompicollo ...