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  • Food & Wine

    Mercato nel Campo — Edizione Estesa

    4 — 8 December 2026All dayPiazza del Campo, Siena

    The Campo transforms into Tuscany's most beautiful market: artisan food, Brunello and Chianti producers, truffle, pecorino and panforte from across the province.

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  • Motoring

    Mille Miglia — Centenary Edition

    June 2027TBAPiazza del Campo, Siena (Stage stop)

    The 100th anniversary of the world's most beautiful race. Four hundred pre-1957 cars pass through Siena on the Brescia–Rome–Brescia route — the Campo stop is one of the highlights of the entire course.

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  • Palio

    Palio di Provenzano

    2 July 2027TBCTraditional date — to be confirmedPiazza del Campo, Siena

    The first of the two annual Palio races, run in honour of the Madonna di Provenzano. Four days of trials, contrada dinners and ceremony culminate in ninety seconds of bareback racing around the Campo. As always, the race concludes a four-day festival: the tratta on 29 June, six trial races, and the contrade's ceremonies on race day.

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  • Palio Build-up

    Palio dell'Assunta — La Tratta (horse selection)

    13 August 2027TBCTraditional date — to be confirmedPiazza del Campo, Siena

    The morning the Palio truly begins: selection batteries run on the Campo from 9:00, and around midday the Captains choose the ten horses and those ten are assigned to the contrade in public, in an order drawn by lot, in front of the Palazzo Pubblico. Free to watch, and the moment every August strategy is born.

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  • Palio Build-up

    Palio dell'Assunta — Prove (trial races)

    13 — 16 August 202709:00 & 19:15Traditional date — to be confirmedPiazza del Campo, Siena

    The trial races before the Palio: six in all, the first on the evening of 13 August, then mornings at 9:00 and evenings at 19:15, ending with the deliberately gentle provaccia at 9:00 on race morning. Times are the customary pattern; the Comune publishes the confirmed order of the prove a few days beforehand. Free, unticketed, and the closest thing to race day without race-day crowds.

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  • Palio

    Palio dell'Assunta

    16 August 2027TBCTraditional date — to be confirmedPiazza del Campo, Siena

    The second of the two annual Palio races, run in honour of the Assumption of the Virgin. Four days of trials, contrada dinners and ceremony culminate in ninety seconds of bareback racing around the Campo: the tratta on 13 August, six trial races, and the contrade's ceremonies on race day.

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