Sunday 24 August 2014

The Palio dei Terzieri at Città della Pieve

Città della Pieve is a neighbouring town and it has an annual festa that commences on Ferragosta and concludes ten days later. Today we went to the parade associated withe the final event, an archery competition between the three different sections of the town. Known as the Palio dei Terzieri it is a competition to see who can win the coveted banner.

Here is a small sample of the 200 plus photos that I took. 
We had a superb afternoon and the only cost was the gelati!




























After the parade we came across this scene. It appears that the war machine caterpault shoots flour bombs ...


and everyone gets involved. This family agreed to our request for a photo.




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