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Title
The World Overseas: ‘A Relic of Other Days’
Subject
Archbishop, cathedral, festival, horseracing, jockey, Italy, medieval festival, medieval games, Siena, Tuscany
Description
Included in this Western Mail Supplement page of pictures from around the world, Image 6 shows a festive horserace running through the marketplace in Siena, Italy. The caption describes the festival as a ‘relic from other days’; the last surviving remnant of medieval games that had taken place in Tuscany. It adds that jockeys and mounts still received the traditional Archbishop’s blessing at the cathedral before the race.
Creator
Anon.
Source
National Library of Australia
Publisher
The Western Mail, Supplement
Date
22 August 1929
Rights
The Western Mail (copyright expired)
Format
Newspaper Article
Language
English