The palio of Vallecorsa recalls the history in honour of Jacobella Caetani, Countess of Fondi, who lived in Vallecorsa together with her court in the first decade of the fifteenth century.
The four districts that compete for winning the "drappone" are located in four historic gates of the land:
Missore Gate, combined with the Colonna family
Porta Sant'Angelo, combined with the Zunica family
Porta De Suso, combined with the Caetani family
Porta Nova, combined with the Requesens family.
The first news of a palio in Vallecorsa is found in historical documents and in a sonnet by Gioacchino Belli.
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