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Palio di Siena I.
Parade of Leocorno ( Unicorn ) Contrade two weeks before the Palio di Siena, Italy. Taken with canon eos 3000v, original image, not post processed.
The Palio di Siena (known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race held twice each year on July 2 and August 16 in Siena, Italy, in which ten horses and riders, dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen Contrade, or city wards.
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, involves circling the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid, three times and usually last no more than 90 seconds.
Explore ≠256 June 24, 2009.
Palio di Siena I.
Parade of Leocorno ( Unicorn ) Contrade two weeks before the Palio di Siena, Italy. Taken with canon eos 3000v, original image, not post processed.
The Palio di Siena (known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race held twice each year on July 2 and August 16 in Siena, Italy, in which ten horses and riders, dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventeen Contrade, or city wards.
The race itself, in which the jockeys ride bareback, involves circling the Piazza del Campo, on which a thick layer of dirt has been laid, three times and usually last no more than 90 seconds.
Explore ≠256 June 24, 2009.