Palio of Ferrara

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1933–1939
since 1967

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The Palio of Ferrara is a competition among the 8 neighborhoods (contrade) of the town of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Four of these neighborhoods correspond to four wards located inside the medieval town fortifications. The remaining four correspond to external boroughs. The Palio is an historical reenactment based on 1259 celebrations for the return from Rome of Borso d'Este after receiving the duchy investiture from Pope Paul II. The celebrations were repeated regularly until around 1600. After a long interruption the tradition was briefly reenacted in 1933, stopped again during World War II and eventually restarted in 1967.{{Cite web|url=https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2013/05/27/foto/il_palio_di_ferrara-59723975/1/|title=Cavalli, asine, fantini e sbandieratori:a Ferrara il Palio più antico del mondo |date=27 May 2013|website=la Repubblica}}{{Cite web |last=Tumiati |first=Gaetano |date=1994 |title=Il Palio: fastosa imitazione |url=https://rivista.fondazionecarife.it/it/1994/item/487-il-palio-fastosa-imitazione |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127195700/https://rivista.fondazionecarife.it/it/1994/item/487-il-palio-fastosa-imitazione |archive-date=27 November 2020}}{{Cite web |last=De Vincentis |first=Stefania |title=Il Palio di Ferrara – MuseoFerrara |url=http://www.museoferrara.it/view/s/c1e925d5df074bbd9e470ffb505ddbc3 |website=www.museoferrara.it}} Claudio Maria Goldoni, Atlante estense – Mille anni nella storia d'Europa – Gli Estensi a Ferrara, Modena, Reggio, Garfagnana e Massa Carrara, Modena, Edizioni Artestampa, 2011, ISBN 978-88-6462-005-3, OCLC 834906190.