![]() ![]() The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honour of the Assumption of Mary. 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 area of the city. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen contrade, or city wards. The word derives from from Latin pallium (plural: palii). The Palio di Siena ( Italian pronunciation: known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race held twice each year, on 2 July and 16 August, in Siena, Italy. (A contrada is a district, or a ward, within an Italian city.) ![]() Banners of the city's contrade sold before the race. ![]() Thousands of spectators come to Piazza del Campo during the Palio di Siena. Palio alla tonda, 1633 by Bernardino Capitelli. Horse and jockey ( fantino) turning a bend of the race course at Piazza del Campo ![]()
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