MAY - PALIO DI FERRARA
5 - 6 - 12 - 13 - 19 - 27 may
Horse race around Ariostea square, flag games, historical procession and tribute to the Duke
The Palio of Ferrara is the most ancient one in the world and in addition to this is peculiar for its kind of ride that is joyful and so different from other warlike palii. In these last there are always enemy that you have to fight with the lance.
This is a very important moment for the city: all the Contrade participate wearing dress of different colours to gain the "palio", but also and over all, to make party and to remember the Renaissance, a period in which Ferrara was really a capital.
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