Siena Palio in Italy
Siena Palio in Italy is held on August 16. This event in the second decade of the month August is annual. 
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The Palio di Siena is a competition between the Contradas of Siena in the form of an equestrian joust of medieval origin.
The "career", as the race is traditionally called, normally takes place twice a year: on July 2 the Palio is run in honor of the Madonna di Provenzano, the feast of the Visitation in the ancient calendar, and on August 16 the one in honor of the Madonna. Assunta.
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