{"id":19145,"date":"2021-04-11T12:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T10:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/?post_type=event&#038;p=19145"},"modified":"2025-05-22T08:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T06:34:30","slug":"the-palio-balestrieri-volterra","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/events\/the-palio-balestrieri-volterra\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ludus balistaris&#8221; &#8211; Crossbowmen Contest | Volterra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-758641643\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-1240 \" id=\"em-event-758641643\" data-view-id=\"758641643\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding:0px\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-6 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding:0px 15px 0px\">\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t<strong>Data \/ Ora<\/strong>: 01\/06\/2025 - <i>16:00 - 19:00<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\r\n\t<strong>Luogo<\/strong><br \/>\r\n\tPiazza dei Priori\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\r\n\t<strong>Categorie<\/strong>\r\n\t\t<ul class=\"event-categories\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/events\/categories\/folklore-en\/\">folklore<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/events\/categories\/public\/\">public<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 col-xs-12\" style=\"padding:0px\">\r\n<br style=\"clear:both\" \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/palio-balestrieri-volterra.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-62887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/palio-balestrieri-volterra-156x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/palio-balestrieri-volterra-156x300.jpg 156w, https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/palio-balestrieri-volterra-532x1024.jpg 532w, https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/palio-balestrieri-volterra-768x1478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/palio-balestrieri-volterra.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/a>The competition of <strong>historical crossbows<\/strong> (Ludus Balistaris) is based on Volterra&#8217;s 14th-century history, when the Contrade provided the Municipality with their best marksmen to defend the city walls.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament takes place in the setting of <strong>Piazza dei Priori<\/strong> in two parts. In the first, two crossbowmen from each contrada compete in a singolar tenzone, shooting their arrows at &#8220;bancacci&#8221; targets set at a distance of 36 metres.\u00a0The crossbowman who hits his &#8220;verretta&#8221; arrow on a centre with a diameter of just 3 cm passes the round.<\/p>\n<p>The eight best shooters then compete by shooting their arrows simultaneously at the target (called &#8220;Corniolo&#8221; or &#8220;Tasso&#8221;), at the centre of which is fixed a cone with a depth of about 45 cm.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ut Armentur Balistari -Volterra\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G-wxgpNtre4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\">Please accept <a href=\"javascript:Cookiebot.renew()\">statistics, marketing<\/a> cookies to watch this video.<\/div><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01\/06\/2025 @ 16:00 &#8211; 19:00 &#8211; The competition of historical crossbows (Ludus Balistaris) is based on Volterra&#8217;s 14th-century history, when the Contrade provided the Municipality with their best marksmen to defend the city walls. 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