Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Palio di Siena, August 15-16, 1984 (Cultural Documentation)
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Preferred Title:
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Palio di Siena, August 15-16, 1984 (Cultural Documentation)
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Image View:
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View of the early procession through the town
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Location:
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performance: Siena, Tuscany, Italy
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Date:
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1984 (performance)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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photograph
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Classification:
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cultural documentation
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Technique:
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photography
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Subjects:
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domestic life; genre; historical; recreation and games; festivals; racing; pageant
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Description:
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The Palio di Siena (known locally simply as the Palio), is a horse race held twice each year on July 2 and August 16 in Siena, in which the horse and rider represent one of the seventeen Contrade, or city wards. A magnificent pageant precedes the race, which attracts visitors and spectators from around the world. Both horse and rider are dressed in the colours and arms of the Contrade: Aquila (Eagle), Bruco (Caterpillar), Chiocciola (Snail), Civetta (Owl), Drago (Dragon), Giraffa (Giraffe), Istrice (Porcupine), Leocorno (Unicorn), Lupa (She-Wolf), Nicchio (Shell), Oca (Goose), Onda (Wave), Pantera (Panther), Selva (Forest), Tartuca (Tortoise), Torre (Tower) and Valdimontone (Ram). Any connection with the sacred games of the ancient Romans being obscured by time, the earliest known antecedents of the race are medieval. The town's central piazza was the site of public games, largely combative: pugna, a sort of many-sided boxing match or brawl; jousting; and in the 16th century, bullfights. Public races organize
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Three
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Identifier:
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1A2-I-S-P-A1
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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