Palio di Asti
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Domenica 3 settembre 2023
Let the medieval atmosphere of the city brings youcto the most important event of the year: the Palio week.
Flags and trumpet will announce the entrance of the Captain and his Magistrates in the square, riding on their horses.
Who will attend the Palio will got excited, every minutes more.
There will be three final heats. Just few minutes each. That’s what makes the Palio of Asti unique.
Final placements
- San Lazzaro: wins the Palio with Giuseppe Zedde, a.k.a. Gingillo
- San Damiano: wins the bag with silver coins with Stefano Piras, a.k.a. Scangeo
- Montechiaro: wins the silver spurs with Jonatan Bartoletti, a.k.a. Scompiglio
- Santa Caterina: wins the alive chicken with Adrian Topalli, a.k.a. Vulcano
- San Pietro: wins the cockade with the city colours with Carlo Sanna, a.k.a. Brigante
- San Paolowith Andrea Coghe, a.k.a Tempesta
- Santa Maria Nuova with Federico Arri, a.k.a. Ares
- San Martino/San Rocco with Gavino Sanna
- Don Bosco with Giovanni Atzeni, a.k.a. Tittia, which, as last classified, “wins” the inchioda, a anchovy salad.
Quando
Quando
The first Sunday of September
(events before the race will be open from Thursday)
Dove
Dove
Old town streets and Piazza Alfieri
Biglietti e Accrediti
Biglietti
Pictures on the Palio’s flyer – Archive: Comune di Asti – by: ADA LUPOLI, ALESSANDRO TIRABOSCHI, ALFIERI FOTO, BEPPE SACCHETTO, FRANCO BELLO, FRANCO RABINO, GRAFICA SCANCA, STAR FILM
La città
Asti is a MiddleAge city where the Palio is born.
The fortified houses, the Romanesque churches, and the cut-off towers of the XII-XV centuries dominate the refined baroque facies of the old town, the eighteenth-century and elegant noble palaces, the nineteenth-century arcades, or some suggestive liberty views. In Asti, the Middle Ages dominates, emerging along the streets and at the corner of every square. Asti is dominated by the Middle Ageemerging along the streets and at the corners of each square.
L'attesa
The city to get ready needs… a year. A city that is getting ready for “its day”: Banners and flags show the pride of be part of it.
On the main square, the circuit and stands are borning: sand, fences, jute, barriers. The rope, the winch, the reharsals…
A city that anticipates the Palio with the emotions of the people in its squares, the propitiatory dinners on Friday and Saturday, the little market on the race-eve day, the official enrollment of jockeys in the halls of the Town Hall on Saturdays, the children’s parade… And then, on Sunday, the solemn Mass in the churches in the morning, the blessing of the horses, the costumed figures in the streets, the tension that is felt, the excited and cheering villagers, the participating tourists, the open museums…
Asti has its Palio! Asti runs the Palio!
Storia
del Palio
Storia del Palio
The 10 August 1275, the people of Astesi ran the Palio near the walls of Alba as was the custom in Asti during the feasts of Saint Secundus. This is the first testimony of the race.
Since that time, the Palio has always accompanied the historical development of the city, reflecting its alternating events.
In eight centuries, it has undergone transformations, but has kept its original characteristics unaltered:the charm of competitive competition, the partisan passion, the privileged relationship with the patron saint and a great identity value.
The Palio is Asti and, year after year, has been recognizing itself over the centuries in the horse race, in the charm of an ancient collective ritual.
Il folklore
Sounds The neigh of the horses lining up on the rope. The songs of challenge of the contradaioli (contrada members) The announcement “Asti runs the Palio is running!” shouted in a loud voice by the Captain.
Colours Waved by the flags raised by the virtuosity of those who govern them. Clothes flaunted with haughty pride by ladies, nobles and knights on parade. Worn by jockeys so they can be recognized in the confused whirlwind of the race.
People. Everyone lined up for their faction (twenty-one districts, villages or municipalities), everyone engaged in preparations since the previous year. Because the Palio takes place in one day, but lasts for a year.
Rituals. The propitiatory dinners of each district, village and municipality. The blessing of the horses. The choice of the master of the Palio who will have the task and the honor of painting the cloth that is the subject of the dispute. The historical procession, the paliotto, the squire’s palio Follow the tradition is the best way to pay homage to the oldest palio of Italy.
Settembre
Astigiano
