Siena and the Palio horse race

The town of Siena was built during the middle ages, and devised into 17 districts by the government to keep them in line ages ago. Now they have a horse rave around this square twice each year with the winning district gaining bragging rights. Sounds almost like the hunger games books in a way. The photos of 50,000 people in the square going crazy were hard to believe. The horse race and town were actually featured in the opening of James Bond Quantum of Solace.