#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/18/2010 #3

Rival teams pelt each other with oranges during an annual carnival battle in Ivrea, Italy. The battle commemorates a local revolt that took place when a medieval count tried to exercise his right to sleep with a newly wedded girl on her wedding night.

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Men with helmets are hit by oranges during the traditional “Battle Of The Oranges” held during Carnival in Ivrea, near Turin, Italy. During the event, which marks the people’s rebellion against tyrannical lords who ruled the town in the Middle Ages, revelers on floats represent guards of the tyrant, while those on foot are the townsfolk.

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/17/2015 #3

A member of a rival team is hit by an orange during an annual carnival battle in Ivrea, northern Italy February 15th, 2015. Dressed up as Middle Age kings’ guards, a group of men ride in a horse drawn carriage and pelt ‘foot soldiers’ with oranges as thousands of people gather to re-enact a Middle Age battle when the townsfolk of Ivrea overthrew an evil king. Instead of swords and cross bows, these days the weapons of choice are oranges.

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#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/10/2016 #3

Costumed revelers in protective helmets throw oranges during Carnival in the northern Italian Piedmont town of Ivrea Tuesday. The traditional orange throwing battle has its roots in the mid 19th century.

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#5 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 02/13/2018 #2

Participants fight with oranges during an annual carnival battle in the northern Italian town of Ivrea, Feb. 11th.

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#6 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/07/2025 #2

Revellers take part in a fight with oranges during an annual carnival battle in Ivrea, Italy.

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