People gathering in wait for the Palio to begin, an annual summer festival held in the tiny village of Ameno in Piedmont, Italy

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View of the Palio di Ameno, a summer festival recently started (3 years ago), it features mediaeval costumes, bands in Renaissance dress, banners acrobatically tossed into the air, but the horserace of the Palia in Siena is missing (sofar, anyway!)

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Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Ameno village center in Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province of Piedmont, Italy
Photo credit: © Thomas Mueller / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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