#palio2014

15 agosto 2014

La Contrada del Leocorno ha vinto la quarta prova del Palio di agosto, che si è corsa questa mattina.

Questi gli accoppiamenti e l’allineamento tra i canapi:

CONTRADA          CAVALLO          FANTINO

CIVETTA               Occolè               Andrea Mari detto Brio

PANTERA             Querino             Sebastiano Murtas detto Grandine

LEOCORNO         Oppio                Giuseppe Zedde detto Gingillo

SELVA                  Istriceddu           Andrea Coghe

VALDIMONTONE  Osvaldo             Carlo Sanna

DRAGO                Morosita Prima   Alberto Ricceri detto Salasso

BRUCO                 Porto Alabe        Alessio Migheli detto Girolamo

CHIOCCIOLA        Polonski             Jonatan Bartoletti detto Scompiglio

AQUILA                 Lo Specialista    Francesco Caria detto Tremendo

Capo Ufficio Stampa Comune di Siena

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Siena is going through one of the most emotional moments of the year; everything is ready for the Palio, which is a well-known horse race that is a part of Siena’s identity since the Middle Ages. It's an ancient tradition that is the single most important event in Siena's calendar.

The contrade (Districts) of the city of Siena, who will compete on July 2, 2014 in Piazza del Campo have already been selected yesterday at Piazza del Campo, which in Italian is called Estrazione delle contrade.

During each Palio only ten of the seventeen contrade partecipate, seven of which are those who have not attended the same race the previous year. The contrade that were selected yesterday are Lupa (She-wolf) Pantera (Panther) and Onda (Wave). The last 3 contrade will compete together with 7 contrades that have the right to participate this year Giraffa (Giraffe), Chiocciola (Snail), Drago (Dragon), Tartuca (Tortoise), Selva (Forest), Bruco (Caterpillar) and Aquila (Eagle).

As every year, the "Carriera", as it is traditionally called the race, is held twice: on July 2 for the Palio of July in honor of the Madonna of Provenzano, and on August 16 for the Palio of Mid-August in honor of the Feast of the Assumption. The Palio is not only a horse race held twice a year, but a part of Sienese daily life, since the members of the contrade are deeply involved in contrada’s activities all year long.