The Local Italy https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed IN PICTURES: The Siena Palio, Italy's historic horse race The Palio di Siena is a twice-annual festival that sees the Tuscan city's various districts compete in a bareback horse race. https://www.thelocal.it/20180702/siena-palio-italy-historic-horse-race Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:14:55 +0200 siena-palio-italy-historic-horse-race A horse-drawn chariot raced a Ferrari on a dirt track in Rome Two thoroughbreds pulling a Roman style chariot just lost out to a top racing driver in an unusual duel on Thursday on the same piste used for the chariot race in the "Ben Hur" remake. https://www.thelocal.it/20170512/a-horse-drawn-chariot-raced-a-ferrari-on-one-of-romes-most-famous Fri, 12 May 2017 11:00:25 +0200 a-horse-drawn-chariot-raced-a-ferrari-on-one-of-romes-most-famous