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Palio di Provenzano

Palio di Provenzano is held on July 2. Siena, Italy. This event in the first decade of the month July is annual. Help us Help us 
2 July - Palio di Provenzano
The main piazza in Siena, comely known as ‘Il Campo’ is still used twice a year for the well known and very ancient Palio horse race. The Palio di Siena horse race takes place twice a year: on 2nd July, the day dedicated to the Madonna of Provenzano, and on 16th August, on the occasion of the assumption. Not all seventeen contrade, or districts, are eligible to race in the Palio: only ten of them can compete. Seven places go to the districts that did not take part in the Palio the previous year. The last 3 places, however, are drawn at random about a month before the race.
The Palio is run to celebrate the miraculous apparition of the Virgin Mary near the old houses that belonged to Provenzano Salvani in the mid 1600’s. The holy apparition was dubbed "Madonna dell'Assunta" and the very first Palio was run in her honour in 1656, on August 16th.
The other Palio, on July 2nd was run for the first time in 1701 in honour of the "Madonna di Provenzano" the patroness and advocate of Siena through all it’s tragic events. She protected the Sienese militia at the famous battle of Monteaperti against the Florentines.

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