My question: What is an unusual tradition that Italy has? A strange tradition that Italy has is the tradition based on the chess game. It started in a small town located in Vicenza, Italy in 1451. What happened was that Lionora, the daughter of the Lord of the Marostica castle, had two local nights in love with her. However, in order to decide who would marry her, they arranged a "duel". What the duel was about was to see who won a game of chess. Therefore, the game was held in the town square. However, the game was unique and they used human beings as the figures. Therefore, the people of Marostica organize a game played with humans on the second weekend in September and it includes more than 500 people and lasts two hours. Overall,
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