Palio di Asti
palio di asti palio astese archaic nomenclature traditional italian festival medieval origin culminates bareback horse race race run year since th century earliest record cited guglielmo ventura date third quarter th century taken place every year exception period year interruption th century since race taken place triangular square center asti piazza alfieri every third sunday september since race held every first sunday september instead word palio derives latin pallium rectangular sheet cloth roman wore cloak originally word applied piece cloth placed finishing post awarded winner race time word came apply event general including ritual tradition associated race well race since inception race citizen asti struggled maintain privilege running palio feast day patron saint san secondo bishop asti martyred march race mentioned many treaty alliance agreement various sovereign patron ruler first certain record race date year guglielmo ventura wrote asti sicut fieri solet ast festo beati secundi usual asti feast san secondo ran palio wall enemy city alba order mock inhabitant meantime devastating surrounding vineyard considering palio already tradition probable origin race date time established rule th century onwards period astis greatest splendor end th century first half th century race took place alla tonda round along circular course corresponds modern piazza alfieri piazza libertà course already called curriculum race course latin period lombard carolingian domination seeking strengthen city militarily gian galeazzo visconti became signore lord asti built new fortified citadel curriculum accommodate new fortification race moved straight course two half kilometer started outside town ended near center new course started cippo del pilone milestone gave name viale pilone passed porta san pietro along bridge rio valmanera along contrada maestra corso alfieri main street town finishing palazzo gabuti di bestagno current palazzo ottolenghi visconti agreed race continue held festa sancti secundi iuxta consuetudinem omni contradictione remota festival san secondo usual objection refused document kept astis archive palazzo mazzola record expenditure incurred race two palii plural palio one offered church san secondo given winner significant reveals degree religious devotion accompanied event sometime charles duke orléans visiting county asti inherited mother valentina visconti offered prize palio crimson velvet decorated three golden lily blue background emanuele filiberto assumed regency city may confirmed documented ancient custom festival promising successor would supply palii perpetuity code stated following could enter horse race city asti church asti including trade association college university company citizenry name said church chapel everything conforms ancient style custom privilege city th century palii combined make banner usually blue decorated coat arm savoy comune governor podestà chief magistrate image san secondo riding horse made appearance palio banner dedicated church end nineteenth century also present palio banner given winner race originally took place march year feast san secondo th century day palio feast san secondo moved thursday domenica albis ie second thursday easter early year th century race held three day later second sunday easter celebration san secondo moved first tuesday may race moved date new regulation horse race around new market square published market square referred campo del palio palio field large square today car park site astis weekly market new venue represented radical change late th century palio run along straight course event became secular horse race losing traditional religious significance festival revived podestà mayor asti vincenzo buronzo year palio held straight course time corso dante uphill distance benito mussolini ordered palio changed certame cavalleresco chivalrous contest palio legnano received similar instruction spite seven event held asti two decade fascism kept memory palio alive loss ancient tradition avoided may second italoabyssinian war soldier th legion black shirt mainly composed asti resident ran special donkey palio bank lake ashenge ethiopia event day recorded asti daily paper la provincia steed donkey seized legion advance abandoned abyssinian escaped occasion baptized name various defeated ra ethiopian dignitary whose gift speed conferred upon participant borgo di santa maria nuova rione district san martino borgo di ponte tanaro rione duomo cathedral district borgo di santa maria nuova mark th anniversary foundation marquisate montferrat th anniversary lombard league palio resurrected race moved september coincide celebration douja dor follow festa delle sagre astigiane astis festival festival route piazza campo del palio used stand built seat large area dedicated standing spectator event attended spectator village district comuni municipality took part since palio held piazza vittorio alfieri heart city even impressive engaging setting palio di asti combined national lottery istituto luce file five brief movie palio asti two record event particularly important carlo cipolla appunti per la storia di asti italian various author il palio di asti italian curated angelo timò carlo accame stefano robino rievocazioni e attualità di santa maria nuova asti cenni storici artistici liturgici italian asti tipografia moderna lodovico vergano il palio di asti cronache e documenti italian asti scuola tipografica giuseppe luigi baudolin il palio di asti italian turin aeda giuseppe crosa asti nel setteottocento italian cavallermaggiore gribaudo giovanni giraudi con gli sbandieratori il palio di asti nel mondo italian asti tipografia arti grafiche venanzio malfatto il palio di asti storia vita costume italian madonna dellolmetto agami g luigi bera asti edifici e palazzi nel medioevo italian asti lorenzo fornaca official site including date next palio palio di asti discover story asti palio