The Game of the Bridge is said to go back to February 22nd, 1568, while restricting groups from different zones in Pisa fought each other for the emblematic responsibility for Bridge over the Arno waterway. In contrast to today, the fight would as a rule end in brutality and battling.
The beginnings over this fight are dubious, and there are various speculations with respect to who began the occasion and why. The most widely recognized two names are the legendary organizer of Pisa, Pelops, who needed to see a memory of his local Olympic Games, or Roman Emperor Hadrian, who needed to see his form of gladiatorial amusements happen on the shores of Arno.
To some degree more polished than the first vicious occasion, the present Game of the Bridge, in any case, still observes a focused soul among the members. There is an extraordinary accentuation on culture and scene � for instance, before the fight, a procession of agents from both north (Tramontana) and south (Mezzogiorno) sides of the Arno waterway walk along the banks of the stream. Each procession includes around 300 individuals who are clad in 18th-century ensembles and reinforcement, bearing flags of the contending groups.
When the two processions have met, the diversion starts � the point of the amusement is to win however many fights as could be expected under the circumstances. The fight being referred to will be to push a wooden trolley (which gauges in excess of seven tons) into the restricting group's domain and consequently guarantee responsibility for the scaffold.
In spite of the fact that the diversion started on a February day, nowadays, the yearly fight happens on the last Sunday of June.