Ivrea

Places in this region

Image of Battle of the Oranges located in Ivrea, Italy | (Flickr/Sebastiano Rossi)
Ivrea, Italy

Battle of the Oranges

12th century Italian skirmish, reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus

Each year in the days preceding Fat Tuesday, townspeople of Ivrea divide up into nine different squads. Dressed in their battle attire, they make their way to certain streets of Ivrea that are... »

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