All postponed to today hoping that the weather is mild. The violent downpour that hit Siena yesterday at 4.30 pm forced the Municipality to postpone the Palio dell'Assunta by one day.
The reverse came a moment before the historical procession and the extras entered a Piazza del Campo already crowded with contradaioli and tourists. The gray clouds have discharged the rain and the tuff ring was suddenly no longer suitable for hosting the race . At least for a day.
"It is impossible to think of carrying out the Historical Parade and the Career with the track ruined by bad weather", said the mayor Luigi De Mossi , underlining that " there was no possibility of choice : the quantity of water dropped, quickly made the track is impracticable, making a career in complete safety impossible, so we were obliged to display the green flag, or to postpone the Parade and Palio to tomorrow, with the same times ".
"The municipal employees will immediately get to work to restore the right conditions of the tuff", concluded the mayor.
So, everyone at home. Guests too. The secretary of the League Matteo Salvini was expected to be a guest of the Municipality with his girlfriend Francesca Verdini, but he went back and today he has a public commitment in Versilia, so for this year he will not return. For days there had been rumors that Enrico Letta , a guest of the MPS Foundation, was present in Palazzo Sansedoni, but after the long night of the management in Rome it was made known that the invitation was definitively declined. On the other hand, Undersecretary Pierpaolo Sileri , another guest, promises to return to the camp tomorrow.
The last postponement due to rain dates back to August 16, 2015 and before that, it must go back to July 1997.
(Unioneonline / vl)