historical re-enactment

Palio della Madonna Assunta

Name: Palio della Madonna Assunta
Location: Siena

A historical re-enactment in Siena, Siena, Tuscany. It is usually held in August.

Second and most important annual Palio race in Piazza del Campo featuring ten Contradas and a spectacular medieval costume procession.

We publish the month, not the dates: this one comes back every year and the comune sets the days. Confirm with toscanashopping.it before you travel.

Around this

Everything else on in Tuscany in August, the whole country in August, or the year in full in The Italian Year. And the town itself: Siena.

The Sunday letter

Every Sunday we send one letter. The week's town, what is worth eating there, and when to turn up. It is free, and you can leave whenever you like.

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