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Aquila, Onda, and Giraffa are the three Contrade drawn this evening, Sunday, July 5, at the City Hall on Piazza del Campo in Siena. These three Contrade, along with the seven automatically participating Contrade: Selva, Chiocciola, Oca, Nicchio, Lupa, Istrice, and Torre, will participate in the Palio on August 16, 2026, which is held in […]
Leocorno, Onda, Civetta, Valdimontone. These are the four contrade that were “kissed” by lot, along with Pantera, Tartuca, Drago, Bruco, Giraffa and Aquila, who participate by right. The first official act for the Palio dell’Assunta was completed with the drawing…
Eine besonderer Artikel für unsere deutschsprachigen Leser von Hermann Hamberger aus Salzburg Als ich zum ersten mal in den 80-er Jahren in den Tagen des Palio nach Siena kam, hatte ich einfach Anfängerglück. Ich kam bei wunderbarem Abendlicht auf die…
What the 4th of July is for the Americans (Independence Day), it is the same for the Ondaioli after their victory in the Piazza del Campo with Tabacco and Brigante. Yesterday, in the late afternoon, the victory procession, with floats,…
As we did last year, we would like to share some videos showing the festivities of Onda after the Palio in the Piazza and in Provenzano. In addition, some interviews after the Palio with the mayor, captains and mossiere. Finally,…
The Contrada Capitana dell’Onda with Carlo Sanna, known as Brigante on Tabacco, won the Palio of July 2, 2024, dedicated to the Madonna of Provenzano, which was held on Thursday, July 4 at 7 p.m. after double postponement due to…
Onda just won the Palio of july 4 with Brigante on Tabacco. More info soon
The draw for the Palio of July 2, 2024 has just been held in Siena. Giraffa, Nicchio and Onda are the lucky ones who join Valdimontone, Pantera, Bruco, Leocorno, Lupa, Civetta and Oca. So we will see two rivals on…
Yesterday evening, Sunday July 10, Onda, Selva and Chiocciola were added to Tartuca, Lupa, Giraffa, Civetta, Leocorno, Nicchio and Valdimontone who were already allowed to participate. We see three rivalries in the Piazza del Campo: Chiocciola-Tartuca, Civetta-Leocorno and Nicchio-Valdimontone. In…