Siena, an Italian hill town just south of Florence, offers Italy’s greatest medieval city experience, at its most thrilling during its world-famous horse race, Palio di Siena. The action takes place ...

Jockeys ride their horses in the iconic Palio di Siena race, held twice a year. Photo by Carlo BRESSAN / AFP The renowned Palio di Siena horse race returns on Saturday, August 17th, with jockeys ...

The Palio is one of the greatest spectacles in Italy, and La Dolce Vita Orient Express offers a luxury train to and from Siena and a bird's eye view of the race ...

An enterprise that smells of the epic like the story of the redemption of the underdogs, of an anti-hero. This is the Palio di Siena dedicated to the Madonna Assunta won by Dino Pes known as Velluto ...

The Palio di Siena has officially begun, and the Contrada of Oca has won the competition dedicated to the Madonna of Provenzano. Giovanni Atzeni, known as Tittia, is the jockey who led the horse ...

The " cencio". What could be a derogatory term, a rag, a piece of cloth, for the Sienese is the dream of a lifetime. A dream that tonight, after yesterday's postponement due to bad weather, can ...

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Lupa, Silanus and Orune rejoice at the Palio di Siena dedicated to the Madonna dell'Assunta. In Piazza del Campo Dino Pes “Velluto”, the oldest jockey at 44, leads Benitos, an Anglo-Arab debutant bred ...

In the gorgeously preserved Tuscan hill town of Siena, Italy, the Middle Ages seem to survive in the architecture and in the civic spirit. The city is known both for its pride and for its independent ...