Palio is the name given in Italy to an annual athletic contest, very often of a historical character, pitting the neighbourhoods of a town or the hamlets of a comune against each other. Typically they are fought in costume and commemorate some event or tradition of the Middle Ages, and thus often involve horse racing, archery, jousting, crossbow shooting, and similar medieval sports. Once purely a matter of local rivalries, many have now become events staged with an eye to visitors and foreign tourists.
The Province of Pisa is a province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Pisa. With an area of 2,448 square kilometres (945 sq mi) and a total population of 421,642, it is the second most populous and fifth largest province of Tuscany. It is subdivided into 37 comuni.
Castelnuovo or Castel Nuovo may refer to :
Castelfranco di Sotto is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Florence and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Pisa.
Montopoli in Val d'Arno is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Florence and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Pisa.
Palaia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southwest of Florence and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Pisa.
Giovanni Battista Caccini or Giovan Battista Caccini was an Italian sculptor from Florence, who worked in a classicising style in the later phase of Mannerism.
Arturo Falaschi was an Italian geneticist.
The Sanctuary of Madonna di San Romano, also known as the Sanctuary of Mother Mary of the Divine Grace, is a renaissance-style, Marian sanctuary and Franciscan convent, located in the frazione of San Romano in the territory of the town of Montopoli in Val d'Arno, province of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Montegiovi is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castel del Piano, province of Grosseto, in the area of Mount Amiata. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 168.
Montenero d'Orcia is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castel del Piano, province of Grosseto, in the area of Mount Amiata. At the time of the 2001 census its population amounted to 253.
Montopoli may refer to two Italian municipalities:
Jacopo di Michele, also called Jacopo Gera, Iacopo di Michele, or Gera da Pisa is a 14th-century painter, active mainly in Pisa and elsewhere in Tuscany, in a Gothic style. His activity is documented from 1361-1395. He is the brother of Getto di Jacopo
Santa Maria Novella is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic parish church located on Via Pisani #45 in the village (frazione) of Marti, in the town limits of Montopoli in Val d'Arno, in the province of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Santa Marta refers a church and its associated former Roman Catholic monastery, now a conservatorio or school, located on Via del Falcone #30 in the urban center of Montopoli in Val d'Arno, in the province of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Marti is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Montopoli in Val d'Arno, province of Pisa. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 1,046.
San Romano is a town in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comuni of Montopoli in Val d'Arno and San Miniato, province of Pisa. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 4,417.
Capanne is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Montopoli in Val d'Arno, province of Pisa. At the time of the 2006 parish census its population was 2,635.
Castel San Gimignano is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comuni of Colle di Val d'Elsa and San Gimignano, province of Siena. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 334.
