Carnival of Ivrea

[3] This tyrant attempted to rape a young commoner (often specified as a miller's daughter[4]) on the evening of her wedding, supposedly exercising the droit du seigneur.

The oldest rituals of Ivrea Carnival include a large bonfire and are similar to ancient celebrations linked to the end of winter and the rise of the new spring.

The Carnival takes place in February (occasionally in March): it ends on the night of Shrove Tuesday with a solemn funeral.

Legend has it that Ivrea was once ruled by an evil duke (identified by historians with Guido III, against whom the population really rose, demolishing his castle, in 1194).

After the miller's daughter (la Mugnaia) Violetta got married, the duke claimed his droit du seigneur, the right to spend a night with each newly wed woman, and forced her into his castle.

The Asso di Picche , founded in 1947 and wearing a black Ace of Spades on red, is the oldest of the nine pedestrian teams of orange throwers that partake in the Battle of the Oranges. Here they battle against one of the approximately forty Aranceri Carri da Getto – orange-throwers in carts.
Stockpile of "ammunition" for the battle
A carriage pulled by four horses that will be used in the battle
Mugnaia
Battle