City
A city where the Arno, civic ritual, and historic districts shape a calendar of living traditions.
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Companion app
The Gioco del Ponte app: step into the Lieutenant's role, prepare your faction's strategy, and follow every clash.
Discover Pinge
Pisa - every last Saturday in June
The first documented edition dates to 22 February 1568. It descends from the ancient Mazzascudo, suspended for 128 years because of excessive violence and revived in 1935 with sixteenth-century costumes inspired by Medici-era prints.
Every year more than 700 people in historical costume parade along the Arno before the battle, turning Pisa into a Renaissance city.
Rules
Six clashes, one for each magistracy. In every contest, 20 competitors and a Captain on each side push a seven-ton cart along rails on Ponte di Mezzo.
The team that forces its opponent backwards wins the clash. The side with the most victories conquers the bridge; a tie is decided by the Bella.
Sides and magistracies
North bank of the Arno
South bank of the Arno
Source
Reviewed: 2026-08-08
