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THE 'PAPETTA' WHO FREED CRESCENTINO FROM THE TYRANT

The Crescentino Carnival also has very ancient historical origins. The two main masks, the Papetta and Count Tizzoni, are in fact inspired by an event that really happened in 1529 when Richard IV Tizzoni, a nobleman who had been behaving badly towards the population for some time, imposed the 'ius primae noctis'.

Legend has it that, on the night between 14 and 15 February 1529, the miller's daughter from the Stella Papetta Mill, so called because of the maize fruit from which polenta flour is made, then a newlywed, went to the tyrant's palace with the intention of cutting off his head.

Once the murder had been carried out, the people, with the help of the people of Vische, rebelled until Crescentino was liberated. From that moment on, a peaceful alliance was established between Crescentino and Vische that still binds the two Piedmontese municipalities today.

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