31st PALIO DELLO SPARVIERO

In the heart of the lands crossed by the Bacchiglione River, between Veggiano, Saccolongo and Cervarese, we recount the Middle Ages as you’ve never experienced them: amid history, legends and extraordinary characters.

From the Scrovegni to the Da Carrara, from Pietro d’Abano to Galileo Galilei, from Giotto to Petrarca, you’ll meet faces that made our area great-and maybe even some jesters or enchanting ladies.

On the occasion of the XXXI Sparrowhawk Palio, the Castle of San Martino della Vaneza will come alive again: including encampments, markets, performances and medieval magic.

PROGRAM:

Friday, June 19
8:30 p.m.: …let the party begin!
Opening taverns and inns: plenty of meat and wine
Opening village: ancient arts and crafts
Performances and animations with artists, thespians, jugglers, and gunmen until late at night.
9:00 p.m.: Arrival of the captains and Palio award ceremony

9:15 p.m.: Defeat of the Villages: preliminary games and tests of skill, strength and cunning

10:15 p.m.: … and dancing while looking at the moon

“ALBEDO” – Live concert by de Riuros, an ancient-style repertoire with contemporary arrangements, where stage effectiveness makes the audience the real protagonist

Saturday, June 20
8 p.m.: …let the feast begin!
Opening taverns and inns: plenty of meat and wine
Opening village: ancient arts and crafts
Opening encampments: men-at-arms and tents, duels and trainings
Performances and animations with artists, thespians, jugglers and gunmen until late at night.
8:30 p.m.: Banquet at court “Illustrious Men”

(Phone reservation required – limited places)
9 p.m.: In St. Martin’s Pit:

Balancing show

by: The Art Tent
Artists, jesters and musicians.
10:15 p.m.: Torchlight military parade

10:30 p.m.: “Iron and Fire.”

1372: Brave Ranieri Guasco, commanding general of the mounted and foot troops in the service of Venice, leads the army against Padua.
23.00: Castle fire

Sunday, June 21
10:30 a.m.: …let the feast begin!
Taverns and inns open: plenty of meat and wine
Encampments open: men-at-arms and tents, duels and training
Ancient medieval fair: from dawn to dusk skilled merchants will bring to life the ancient fair of St. Martin of the Vaneza
Performances and animations with artists, theaters, jugglers and armed men-at-arms until late at night.
11.15: Solemn Mass at the Castle, with blessing of the Palio

5 p.m.: Historical procession “Distinguished Men”

5:45 p.m.: Defeat of the Villages: the epilogue

Games of skill, strength and cunning
6:15 p.m.: Falconry show, by La Fenice Falconry

The beauty of birds of prey and their flight.
8:30 p.m.: “Illustrious Men” Court Banquet

(Phone reservation required – limited seats)
10:30 p.m.: Closing performance: “Hercules, the legend of a demigod”

Acrobatic stilts, image theater and dance, fire.
Edited by: Voices from the Middle Ages Di Trambaque, in collaboration with Annia Rhythmic Gymnastics Corps of Conselve
23.15: Concluding pyromusical show with fire cascade
Edited by: Parente Fireworks Group (Rovigo)

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