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  • Sardinia, sau litt sør for Sassari. the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics003.tif
  • the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics009.jpg
  • strupesang fra Sardinia, gjetere ved Orgosolo..provia the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics008.TIF
  • jordbruk Sardinia, ved Torralba..provia the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics006.JPG
  • helstekt pattegris, lunsj ved orgosolo..provia the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics005.TIF
  • fikentre, Sardinia..provia the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics004.JPG
  • Landskap mellom Nuoro og Sassari, Nord-Sardinia. the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics002.tif
  • nuraghen Santu Antine ved Torralba. Sardinia..dias the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics001.tif
  • the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics010.jpg
  • landskap ved Nuoro, Sardinia..provia the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics007.JPG
  • nuraghe innvendig, Sardinia.dias Sardinia, Italia. The inside of a nuraghe.
    sardinia-pics011.jpg
  • Sardina, sannsynl. vestkysten..neg Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia_ph001.TIF
  • Sardinia..dias Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics021.TIF
  • ryttere, Sardinia..dias Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics020.TIF
  • Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics018.TIF
  • Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics015.JPG
  • museet i Cagliari, Sardinia..dias Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics014.TIF
  • vestkysten, Sardinia.dias Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-westcoast.jpg
  • Korsika, utsikt fra Bonifacio..dias Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics023.TIF
  • vinfylling, Cagliari, Sardinia..neg Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics022.TIF
  • frittgående gris (med villsvin), Barbagia, Sardinia..dias Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics019.TIF
  • flamingoer, Cagliari, Sardinia..neg Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics016.TIF
  • Ketil og Anna, fottur i Monti del Gennargentu, Barbagia, Sardinia..dias Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics017.JPG
  • museet i Cagliari, Sardinia..dias Sardinia, Italia.
    sardinia-pics013.JPG
  • the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italy.
    tourist_meal002.JPG
  • lunsj hos gjetere utenfor Orgosolo, utflukt med Startour..provia the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italy.
    tourist_meal001.JPG
  • the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy. The nearest land are the french island Corsica, the italian peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands Sardinia, Italy.
    tourist_meal003.JPG
  • Sardinia, vestkysten.neg Sardinia, Italy.
    westcoast-h.jpg
  • Sardinia, Italy.
    small-rider.jpg
  • Sardinia, Italy.
    Sassari 2 damer med kurv.TIF
  • ved Bonifacio, Korsika..dias Sardinia, Italy.
    x_bonifacio_corsica002.JPG
  • vintramping Sardinia.dias Sardinia, Italy.
    winemaking.jpg
  • flamingoer, Cagliari, Sardinia.neg Sardinia, Italy.
    wflamingoer-cagliaria.jpg
  • ryttere, Sardinia.dias Sardinia, Italy.
    village-riders.jpg
  • skinke og flatbrød, Sardinia.dias Sardinia, Italy.
    village-food.jpg
  • landsbyfest Sardinia.dias Sardinia, Italy.
    village-festt.jpg
  • Cavalcata Sarda, Sassari Sardinia, Italy.
    two-cavalcata.jpg
  • trekkokser Sardinia.dias Sardinia, Italy.
    trekkokser.jpg
  • stranda ved Bonifacio, Korsika..dias Sardinia, Italy.
    x_bonifacio_corsica001.JPG
  • Sardinia, Italy.
    sardinia_ph006.JPG
  • riding fra hotellet Su Gologone utenfor Oliena..dias Sardinia, Italy.
    sardinia_ph005.JPG
  • Sardinia, Italy.
    sardinia_ph004.JPG
  • søppelfylling, Sardinia..dias Sardinia, Italy.
    sardinia_ph003.JPG
  • Ketil Haarstad, gjesteforsker, søppelfylling Sardinia..neg Sardinia, Italy.
    sardinia_ph002.TIF
  • vinmarker, Sardinia.dias Sardinia, Italy.
    wine-fields.jpg
  • Siena, Italia<br />
dias
    88 Siena.JPG
  • Firenze, Italia. The sculpture "David" is a masterpiece of the Renaissance created between 1501 and 1504, by Michelangelo.  <br />
statue in the public square, outside the Palazzo della Signoria, is a replica. The original was moved to the Accademia Gallery in Florence in 1873.
    david-firenze001.jpg
  • Firenze, Italia. A married couple at the Ponte Vecchio, the old bridge and one of the main tourist attractions in Florence.
    ponteveccio-married001.jpg
  • Firenze, Italia. The Cathedral, called "il Duomo" and Giottos Bell Tower (campanile). One of the showpieces of the Florentine Gothic architecture with its  its rich sculptural decorations and the polychrome marble. Inside there is seven bells.
    a-pigeon001.jpg
  • Firenze, Italia. Spaghetti alle vongole, with clams.
    spaghetti-vongole001.jpg
  • Lagotto romagnolo, a breed of dog that comes from the Romagna sub-region of Italy. A gundog, specifically a water retriever. vannhund fra Italia. Skal være allergivennlig.
    hoinndagan_07_selbu010.JPG
  • Firenze, Italia. A street artist making a picture of the holy madonna.
    streetart-firenze001.jpg
  • palio_siena_italia-22.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-31.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys.
    palio_siena_italia-28.jpg
  • Making wine for the palio celebration. Siena vintapping<br />
dias
    palio_siena_italia-29.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-15.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-11.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-7.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-6.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-3.jpg
  • palio_siena_italia-19.jpg
  • Italy participated with three dogs, all of the segugio italiano breed. From left: Claudio Rampini with Kaos, and Paolo Giannerini with Mina, both segugio italiano, an italian breed.
    italia_europacup (6).jpg
  • palio_siena_italia-20.jpg
  • palio_siena_italia-24.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-30.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys.
    palio_siena_italia-27.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys.
    palio_siena_italia-26.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-18.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-17.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-16.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-13.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-10.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-12.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-9.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-8.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-5.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-2.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia.jpg
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  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
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  • Europa-cup for hare hunting dogs, Norway 2011.
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  • Europa-cup for hare hunting dogs, Norway 2011.
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  • Participants from Italy and Switzerland.
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  • Italy participated with three dogs, all of the segugio italiano breed. From left: Claudio Rampini with Kaos, Paolo Giannerini with Mina, and Rossano Fognani with Rubina.
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  • Italy participated with three dogs, all of the segugio italiano breed. From left: Claudio Rampini with Kaos, Paolo Giannerini with Mina, and Rossano Fognani with Rubina.
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  • Italy participated with three dogs, all of the segugio italiano breed: Claudio Rampini with Kaos, Paolo Giannerini with Mina, and Rossano Fognani with Rubina.
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  • Italy participated with three dogs, all of the segugio italiano breed. From left: Claudio Rampini with Kaos, Paolo Giannerini with Mina, and Rossano Fognani with Rubina.
    italia_europacup (1).jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-25.jpg
  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
    palio_siena_italia-4.jpg
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  • Italy participated with three dogs, all of the segugio italiano breed. From left: Claudio Rampini with Kaos, Paolo Giannerini with Mina, and Rossano Fognani with Rubina.
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  • Italy participated with three dogs, all of the segugio italiano breed. Rubina, a segugio italiano, nr. 11 from 18 dogs.
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  • The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is 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. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honour of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. <br />
Sometimes, in case of exceptional events or local or national anniversaries deemed relevant and pertinent ones, the city community may decide for an extraordinary Palio, run between May and September. The last one was in year 2000, to celebrate the entering of the city in the new century. <br />
A pageant, the Corteo Storico, precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. <br />
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, circles the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid. The race is run for three laps of the piazza and usually lasts no more than 90 seconds. It is common for a few of the jockeys to be thrown off their horses while making the treacherous turns in the piazza, and indeed, it is not unusual to see unmounted horses finishing the race without their jockeys. he earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organized by the contrade were popular from the 14th century on; called palii alla lunga, they were run across the whole city. <br />
When the Grand Duke of Tuscany outlawed bullfighting in 1590, the contrade took to organizing races in the Piazza del Campo. The first such races were on buffalo-back and called bufalate; asinate, races on donkey-back, later took their place,
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  • The painting on the high altar is the work of Carlo Maratta (1625-1713) and depicts the Madonna Presenting St Ambrose and St Charles Borromeo to Christ. A figure below the feet of Christ holds a tablet bearing a single word Humilitas, the virtue for which St Charles was famous.   Olavsfestdager i Roma, med messe til minne om Olav den helliges omvendelse, 16. oktober 2024, i kirken San Carlo al Corso, ved hovedgaten i Roma. I den store barokkirken er også Hellig Olav-kapellet med Olavsalteret, og maleriet «Sant'Olav II, Re di Norvegia» av den polske maleren Pius Weloński (1849–1931). Det viser St. Olavs seier over hedendommen symbolisert med en drage. Maleriet ble avduket i forbindelse med innvielse av kapellet i 1893.  St. Olavs alter (Olavsalteret), viet St. Olav som ble drept på Stiklestad i 1030. Det hele startet i 1892 med et hyrdebrev fra den norske biskop Johannes Olav Fallize (1844–1933) til pave Leo XIII (1810–1903) i anledning pavens femtiårs-jubileum.<br />
Kapellet ble innviet den 9. april 1893 av kardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi (1833–1903) som to år tidligere hadde presteviet Olav Offerdahl (1857–1930) fra Årdal. Innvielsen skjedde på dagen femti år efter den første lovlige katolske messe i Norge siden reformasjonen, og på dagen førtisju år før starten av den andre verdenskrig i Norge. Under seremonien som ble fulgt av den norske koloni og den norske misjons venner, Minnedagen ble innstiftet i 2007. Festmessen er crescendo for Olavfestdagene i Roma, som samler norske menn og kvinner om Norges evige konge i Den evige stad hver oktober. Det er en katolsk messe, åpen for alle.
    olavsfest_roma-34.jpg
  • The painting on the high altar is the work of Carlo Maratta (1625-1713) and depicts the Madonna Presenting St Ambrose and St Charles Borromeo to Christ. A figure below the feet of Christ holds a tablet bearing a single word Humilitas, the virtue for which St Charles was famous.   Olavsfestdager i Roma, med messe til minne om Olav den helliges omvendelse, 16. oktober 2024, i kirken San Carlo al Corso, ved hovedgaten i Roma. I den store barokkirken er også Hellig Olav-kapellet med Olavsalteret, og maleriet «Sant'Olav II, Re di Norvegia» av den polske maleren Pius Weloński (1849–1931). Det viser St. Olavs seier over hedendommen symbolisert med en drage. Maleriet ble avduket i forbindelse med innvielse av kapellet i 1893.  St. Olavs alter (Olavsalteret), viet St. Olav som ble drept på Stiklestad i 1030. Det hele startet i 1892 med et hyrdebrev fra den norske biskop Johannes Olav Fallize (1844–1933) til pave Leo XIII (1810–1903) i anledning pavens femtiårs-jubileum.<br />
Kapellet ble innviet den 9. april 1893 av kardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi (1833–1903) som to år tidligere hadde presteviet Olav Offerdahl (1857–1930) fra Årdal. Innvielsen skjedde på dagen femti år efter den første lovlige katolske messe i Norge siden reformasjonen, og på dagen førtisju år før starten av den andre verdenskrig i Norge. Under seremonien som ble fulgt av den norske koloni og den norske misjons venner, Minnedagen ble innstiftet i 2007. Festmessen er crescendo for Olavfestdagene i Roma, som samler norske menn og kvinner om Norges evige konge i Den evige stad hver oktober. Det er en katolsk messe, åpen for alle.
    olavsfest_roma-32.jpg
  • Olavsfestdager i Roma, med messe til minne om Olav den helliges omvendelse, 16. oktober 2024, i kirken San Carlo al Corso, ved hovedgaten i Roma. I den store barokkirken er også Hellig Olav-kapellet med Olavsalteret, og maleriet «Sant'Olav II, Re di Norvegia» av den polske maleren Pius Weloński (1849–1931). Det viser St. Olavs seier over hedendommen symbolisert med en drage. Maleriet ble avduket i forbindelse med innvielse av kapellet i 1893.  St. Olavs alter (Olavsalteret), viet St. Olav som ble drept på Stiklestad i 1030. Det hele startet i 1892 med et hyrdebrev fra den norske biskop Johannes Olav Fallize (1844–1933) til pave Leo XIII (1810–1903) i anledning pavens femtiårs-jubileum.<br />
Kapellet ble innviet den 9. april 1893 av kardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi (1833–1903) som to år tidligere hadde presteviet Olav Offerdahl (1857–1930) fra Årdal. Innvielsen skjedde på dagen femti år efter den første lovlige katolske messe i Norge siden reformasjonen, og på dagen førtisju år før starten av den andre verdenskrig i Norge. Under seremonien som ble fulgt av den norske koloni og den norske misjons venner, Minnedagen ble innstiftet i 2007. Festmessen er crescendo for Olavfestdagene i Roma, som samler norske menn og kvinner om Norges evige konge i Den evige stad hver oktober. Det er en katolsk messe, åpen for alle.
    olavsfest_roma-31.jpg
  • Olavsfestdager i Roma, med messe til minne om Olav den helliges omvendelse, 16. oktober 2024, i kirken San Carlo al Corso, ved hovedgaten i Roma. I den store barokkirken er også Hellig Olav-kapellet med Olavsalteret, og maleriet «Sant'Olav II, Re di Norvegia» av den polske maleren Pius Weloński (1849–1931). Det viser St. Olavs seier over hedendommen symbolisert med en drage. Maleriet ble avduket i forbindelse med innvielse av kapellet i 1893.  St. Olavs alter (Olavsalteret), viet St. Olav som ble drept på Stiklestad i 1030. Det hele startet i 1892 med et hyrdebrev fra den norske biskop Johannes Olav Fallize (1844–1933) til pave Leo XIII (1810–1903) i anledning pavens femtiårs-jubileum.<br />
Kapellet ble innviet den 9. april 1893 av kardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi (1833–1903) som to år tidligere hadde presteviet Olav Offerdahl (1857–1930) fra Årdal. Innvielsen skjedde på dagen femti år efter den første lovlige katolske messe i Norge siden reformasjonen, og på dagen førtisju år før starten av den andre verdenskrig i Norge. Under seremonien som ble fulgt av den norske koloni og den norske misjons venner, Minnedagen ble innstiftet i 2007. Festmessen er crescendo for Olavfestdagene i Roma, som samler norske menn og kvinner om Norges evige konge i Den evige stad hver oktober. Det er en katolsk messe, åpen for alle.
    olavsfest_roma-28.jpg
  • Olavsfestdager i Roma, med messe til minne om Olav den helliges omvendelse, 16. oktober 2024, i kirken San Carlo al Corso, ved hovedgaten i Roma. I den store barokkirken er også Hellig Olav-kapellet med Olavsalteret, og maleriet «Sant'Olav II, Re di Norvegia» av den polske maleren Pius Weloński (1849–1931). Det viser St. Olavs seier over hedendommen symbolisert med en drage. Maleriet ble avduket i forbindelse med innvielse av kapellet i 1893.  St. Olavs alter (Olavsalteret), viet St. Olav som ble drept på Stiklestad i 1030. Det hele startet i 1892 med et hyrdebrev fra den norske biskop Johannes Olav Fallize (1844–1933) til pave Leo XIII (1810–1903) i anledning pavens femtiårs-jubileum.<br />
Kapellet ble innviet den 9. april 1893 av kardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi (1833–1903) som to år tidligere hadde presteviet Olav Offerdahl (1857–1930) fra Årdal. Innvielsen skjedde på dagen femti år efter den første lovlige katolske messe i Norge siden reformasjonen, og på dagen førtisju år før starten av den andre verdenskrig i Norge. Under seremonien som ble fulgt av den norske koloni og den norske misjons venner, Minnedagen ble innstiftet i 2007. Festmessen er crescendo for Olavfestdagene i Roma, som samler norske menn og kvinner om Norges evige konge i Den evige stad hver oktober. Det er en katolsk messe, åpen for alle.
    olavsfest_roma-26.jpg
  • Olavsfestdager i Roma, med messe til minne om Olav den helliges omvendelse, 16. oktober 2024, i kirken San Carlo al Corso, ved hovedgaten i Roma. I den store barokkirken er også Hellig Olav-kapellet med Olavsalteret, og maleriet «Sant'Olav II, Re di Norvegia» av den polske maleren Pius Weloński (1849–1931). Det viser St. Olavs seier over hedendommen symbolisert med en drage. Maleriet ble avduket i forbindelse med innvielse av kapellet i 1893.  St. Olavs alter (Olavsalteret), viet St. Olav som ble drept på Stiklestad i 1030. Det hele startet i 1892 med et hyrdebrev fra den norske biskop Johannes Olav Fallize (1844–1933) til pave Leo XIII (1810–1903) i anledning pavens femtiårs-jubileum.<br />
Kapellet ble innviet den 9. april 1893 av kardinal Lucido Maria Parocchi (1833–1903) som to år tidligere hadde presteviet Olav Offerdahl (1857–1930) fra Årdal. Innvielsen skjedde på dagen femti år efter den første lovlige katolske messe i Norge siden reformasjonen, og på dagen førtisju år før starten av den andre verdenskrig i Norge. Under seremonien som ble fulgt av den norske koloni og den norske misjons venner, Minnedagen ble innstiftet i 2007. Festmessen er crescendo for Olavfestdagene i Roma, som samler norske menn og kvinner om Norges evige konge i Den evige stad hver oktober. Det er en katolsk messe, åpen for alle.
    olavsfest_roma-18.jpg
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