29/06/2024 - 30/06/2024
Ponte a Egola, Piazza Guido Rossa, Ponte a Egola
The event, founded in 1998 and now in its 34th edition, is inspired by work in the tanneries. It lasts one week and takes place between the last week of June and the first week of July in Ponte a Egola. The town is famous for the tanning of leather that was once processed with tannin in wooden barrels (called caratelli) that were then moved by hand to the tannery yards by rolling them over themselves.
This was the starting point for the Palio del Cuoio, which opens the programme of festivities with the parade of the Rioni, continues with evening activities and shows and concludes the following Sunday with the Corsa dei Caratelli.
The caratello used in the palio is an 80 kg barrel. The ‘caratellisti’ compete for victory in a relay race by pushing the heavy barrel along a 117-metre straight course to be repeated six times in Piazza Guido Rossa. There are six districts: TOGNARINO (white-orange), – GIUNCHETO (white-red), – LEPORAIA (white-green), – LE FORNACI (white-blue), – IL PONTE (white-yellow) – PIAZZALE MONTEVASO (white-black)
Info: Palio del Cuoio
paliodelcuoio@tiscali.it
www.paliodelcuoio.com/