Its Orange Festival turns Ivrea into a raucous battleground with neighborhood teams competing for victory. The festival ' s origins are in the 12th century, and its current iteration is from the 19th — organizers say it ' s one of the oldest Carnival festivals in Italy. Teams barrel across those cobblestoned streets in horse-drawn carts The festival is a reenactment of a civil war, a rebellion that took place in the Middle Ages. The city was liberated from tyranny as people called for self-rule. The orange throwers riding on chariots represent soldiers and the oranges symbolically depict arrows. People join in the carnival parade during the festival, March 3, 2019. On February 16th, thousands of people gathered in Ivrea, Italy to begin what is known as the traditional and historical Battle of the Oranges. Every place and square in the city of Ivrea is covered in the color orange; this special event is one of the most popular events to bring in travelers and spectators from all around the world to |eng| fvb| xph| lhx| zpb| utb| gqi| icd| cos| zvp| pwd| lfe| zli| mcd| xmi| xym| evr| rsk| wsh| vmm| kwd| nuj| mmc| qov| ngr| wpr| pan| beu| qwl| qsb| hgu| wak| nce| rgc| tnk| djv| cxf| xgr| rem| tjl| fue| zud| tzb| ddx| uul| yzd| wpk| pya| ppv| eja|