The very heavy, large, antique, silver pole in the Catholic church
with a silver flag engraved with various drawings. It resembles the
banners carried by the Crusaders.
Before Holy Week, there is a ceremony for blessing the
new supply of communion wafers, hostia, in which this
pole is used. The priest carries the wafers while walking
down the aisle under a large, white, cloth canopy on poles,
carried by six men. The mayor precedes them, walking
backwards carrying the palio. Every few steps he stops
and bows in front of the priest. Then the wafers are placed
in the tabernacle like box, the santisimo, behind the
altar in the front of the church.