The Palio of Districts of Trento
palio district trento italian il palio delle contrade di trento celebration remembrance battle calliano take place every year september city trento capital trentino trentinoalto adigesüdtirol region northern italy palio celebrated remember victory medieval battle calliano ensued th august force republic venice combined force princebishopric trento county tirol hand sigismund habsburg archduke austria ruler tirol force trento tirol managed defeat soldier republic venice command roberto sanseverino daragona died conflict municipality pomarolo near calliano rovereto kilometre far trento palio district trento consists three day festivity month september eight district italian contrade trento engage archery competition treeday festival introduced il corteggio english court linvestitura dellarciere english investiture archer end delivery la feretra imperiale archer winning district event precedes start celebration procession around people parade along street city centre wearing medieval clothing representing eight district trento investiture archer occurs day start palio occasion participating archer swear publicly piazza duomo loyal district turn archer receive title archer chosen battle name tallero stretto official coin palio three arrow used archery competition ceremony officiated city official usually mayor trento prior district archer different district face ability velocity trial meter final trial contended three archer achieved highest score first two trial archer win final trial obtains feretra imperiale palio bestowed upon mayor trento course festival usually additional event medieval art profession special fair fair medieval profession skill shown local artisan artist wear medieval clothing occasion photographic contest amateur contest different topic edition palio district involved palio eight contrada larga encloses via belenzani via delle orne galleria tirrena piazza duomo originally characterised many tower small fort removed acquired present name english large district denote new look narrow anymore rather wide contrada san benedetto encloses via os mazurana piazza pasi piazza c battisti via diaz passaggio san benedetto via malpaga name refers disappeared church san benedetto given th century contrada degli orevesi encloses via pietro piazzetta anfiteatro vicolo degli orbi past district majority shop owned orevesi english goldsmith also known district pietro due church san pietro contrada del macello vecchio encloses via mantova largo carducci via del simonino via galileo galilei called district old slaughterhouse largo carducci also known piazza del macello slaughter carried nearby shop mostly owned butcher contrada todesca encloses via del suffragio via san marco piazza della mostra name german district due fact part city occupied german people contrada santa maria maddalena encloses via maddalena via livio marchetti via dietro le mura b via f ferruccio vicolo maria maddalena name refers disappeared church santa maria maddalena contrada santa maria encloses via cavour piazza maggiore via prepositura via delle orfane via torre vanga via zanella piazza lainez via pozzo district also called district orphan due presence orphanage first dedicated male female later though female orphan exclusively borgo antico san martino encloses via martino via torre daugusto largo n sauro via malvasia via manzoni piazza r sanzio take name church san martino total palio celebrated fifteen time fifteen edition shown table september festival occur due mainly insufficient private sponsor next edition expected september palio district trento organised promoted association associazione culturale amici città collaboration comune di trento p di trento autonomous province trento autonomous region trentinoalto adigesüdtirol associazione culturale amici città