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The Palio of Asti is one of the most important event in Piemonte and the second Palio of Italy after the Palio of Siena. It takes place the second Sunday of September in the main square of Asti since the twelfth century; with 21 horses ridden without saddle by jockeys representing the 14 town boroughs and 7 municipalities of the province.
During the Country Festivals about 40 local promoters of the Asti Province propose their gastronomic specialties, served with DOC (Controlled Denomination of Origin) wines of Asti. All this after the evocative parade along the town streets, with more than three thousand people with historical dresses, tractors, trade tools, representing the values and the traditions of this magnificent land.
The Canelli Siege, an exact historical reconstruction returning to life thanks to the popular participation, with more than two thousend characters in genuine costumes from the seventeenth century recreating for two days the Canelli Siege of the year 1613.
The “Douja d’Or Price” is a National Wine Contest for DOC (Controlled Denomination of Origin) and DOCG (Controlled and Guaranteed Denomination of Origin)Wines organized during the month of September by the Chamber of Commerce of Asti, with the technical collaboration of the O.N.A.V. (Winetasters National Organisation).
