Palio of Ferrara

The Palio of Ferrara is a competition among the 8 neighborhoods (contrade) of the town of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Four of these neighborhoods correspond to four wards located inside the medieval town fortifications. The remaining four correspond to external boroughs. The Palio is an historical reenactment based on 1259 celebrations for the return from Rome of Borso d'Este after receiving the duchy investiture from Pope Paul II. The celebrations were repeated regularly until around 1600. After a long interruption the tradition was briefly reenacted in 1933, stopped again during World War II and eventually restarted in 1967.[1][2][3][4]

Palio of Ferrara
FrequencyLast Sunday in May
Location(s)Piazza Ariostea
CountryItaly
Years active12591600
19331939
since 1967
SponsorEnte Palio di Ferrara
Websitewww.paliodiferrara.it

References

  1. "Cavalli, asine, fantini e sbandieratori:a Ferrara il Palio più antico del mondo ". la Repubblica. May 27, 2013.
  2. Tumiati, Gaetano (1994). "Il Palio: fastosa imitazione". Archived from the original on 27 November 2020.
  3. De Vincentis, Stefania. "Il Palio di Ferrara - MuseoFerrara". www.museoferrara.it.
  4. Claudio Maria Goldoni, Atlante estense - Mille anni nella storia d'Europa - Gli Estensi a Ferrara, Modena, Reggio, Garfagnana e Massa Carrara, Modena, Edizioni Artestampa, 2011, ISBN 978-88-6462-005-3, OCLC 834906190.


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