It seemed like it took my friend Sordello and me forever to get to Siena, but we arrived late Monday afternoon, after a long flight and series of trains. I’m here to sit in on a Dante seminar Tuesday ...

THE Palio, a breakneck horse race round the Piazza of Siena, has taken place twice a year for some seven centuries. It is no Turf Classic; the race itself is merely part of a general festival; the ...

PalioOver the course of the last half-decade, Palio president Mike Myers has proven himself a straight shooter during his annual sit-down with MM&M. In 2007, he spoke of the challenges of competing ...

Tuscany's famous horse race, the Palio, has for centuries been riven by grudges among the competitors, but this year even the prize on offer was controversial. Winners of the historic bareback race ...

It is one of the craziest, bloodiest, and most corrupt horse races on earth, and every summer it brings the walled city of Siena to a fever pitch. How on earth did the scion of one of America's great ...

It’s perhaps Italy’s most famous annual sporting event. But Siena’s Palio is as much about pageantry, civic identity and Sienese pride as it is about a bareback horse race that lasts, on average, just ...

'Amy' producer James Gay-Rees also worked on this documentary about the 800-year-old Siena, Italy, competition, which takes place on Sunday. By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast A new trailer for ...