             National Geographic Photo of the Day: Il Palio

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Venice, Italy, 1994 Photograph by Sam Abell Spectators in motorboats
wait for the racing gondolas to pass during Il Palio Delle Quattro
Antiche Repubbliche Marinare, a regatta which pits rowers from each of
Italy&#039s maritime republicsVenice, Genoa, Pisa, and Amalfiagainst
each other. With streets no bigger than sidewalks, rowing is serious
business in Venice, which has 42 boating associations and no cars.

The next Palio will be held in Venice in May 2007.

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not
published in, "Venice: More Than a Dream," February 1995, National
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