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Middle Ages. The historical parade of
the Palio di Asti is a reminiscent picture
that, for the fidelity of historical research,
the care of the realization and the wealth
of the contents, is probably unequaled
both in Italy and in the world.
gins the spirited race that ignites passion
in the City of Asti, and for the twenty-one participants begins a sort of “terrible
agony” that lasts for three heats and the
final: seven horses for each heat, and
nine for the final, with thousands of villagers who all hope in the miracle of viAt the end of the Historic Procession be- ctory.
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