Tuscany · Siena
Montepulciano
87 km from Florence · pop. 13,274
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Aug 30
Barrel Race of MontepulcianoBravìo delle Botti
Eight contrade race wooden 80kg wine barrels uphill through Montepulciano's narrow streets to Piazza Grande on the last Sunday of August. The week leading up is a sequence of historical processions, drum corps, and Renaissance-style banquets in each contrada. The barrel finish is brutal — the streets pitch steeply, the cobbles are slick.
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