Palio of Siena party Italy

 Palio di Siena

• One of the most popular Italian festivals is the Palio di Siena, a horse competition held in honor of the Virgin of Provenzano. This festival has been celebrated since 1644 and every year, during the month of July, the city is divided into 17 sectors that are represented by a horse each. These horses compete in the central square of Siena and the horse that arrives first is the winner.
  
  
  
• The Palio festival lasts four days, the last being the horse races, and the preceding ones serve as preparation for the race.
  

• This festival has been celebrated in Siena for over 400 years. The origins date back to the 17th century when it began to commemorate the end of the Florentine siege after the Battle of Montaperti. In the year 1644 was when the first Palio with horses was instituted, as it is still run today.

Me at the festival in italy

Today I am in beautiful Italy at the Palio of Siena festival, today as every year this festival is going to be held where I am going to see an interesting horse race since here it is something traditional since according to what they told me this is held in honor To the Virgin of Provenzano, where this race is taking place, there are a lot of people since people from all over the world come to see this festival, which is one of the most important in Italy, since from what I see today, not only is this race celebrated which is also joined by a traditional floral dance, this whole celebration lasts 4 days and today we are in the fourth, which is the day the race is held, here the race is about to start and everyone is very excited to see who will be the winner, Many are making their bets on who will win, the race has already started and after a few minutes we already have a winner, everyone was very excited, hugging their families and those who bet on the win. nor are they much happier, after all this exciting moment everyone starts going home where they will surely celebrate this with a delicious dinner with all their loved ones.