The Palio delle Contrade<\/strong> of Gambassi Terme is young: a teenager among the many other long-established summer folk events. Moreover, despite the name alludes to that all-Tuscan passion for the Middle Ages, the Gambassi\u2019s palio was born at the beginning of the third millennium, pulling itself out of the historical controversy around what should be considered the oldest palio in Italy. Who designed it, sixteen years ago, had an idea in mind: to give Gambassi the chance to strenghten its community\u2019s social bonds, to be together by playing games, to get to know each other, no matter your age. Dario Ciappi has been a contrada captain for over ten years and he does not hesitate to describe the palio as an inter-generational glue: you come here in the square<\/em> \u2013 he says \u2013 and the pensioner talks to the teenager, the twenty-year-old discusses with those who are twice his age.<\/em> Nothing more than an everyday scene in a small town, one could say but, sure, but the palio has been a great exercise of cohabitation and mediation.<\/p>\n\n\t\t