Piazza Armerina | Monday 12 August 2019

Norman Palio

Old Town

Palio reproducing facts and events that occurred a thousand years ago. Featuring the Count Roger, son of the Norman King Tancredi who arrived in Italy at the beginning of this millennium helped her brother Robert Guiscard to conquer Calabria and Sicily, then dominated by the Byzantines and Saracens. The folk part is represented by the "Quintana" at the sports ground. Some riders will compete in tests of skill and dexterity, the passing of which is assigned a score. The team that has achieved more points.