Editing Ivrea (section)

== Culture ==

There are two main festivals in Ivrea, both celebrated during Catholic festivity but both rooted in more ancient city traditions. One is the Carnival, its main celebrations taking place 40 days before Easter. The other is the [[patronal festival]] of St. Savino ([[Sabinus of Spoleto]]), celebrated the week of 7 July. During the latter festivity, a horse fair takes place with a carriage exhibition and horse shows.

=== Battle of the Oranges ===
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[[File:Ivrea carnevale.jpg|thumb| A scene from the "[[Battle of the Oranges]]".]]

The core celebration of Ivrea [[carnival]] centres around the [[Battle of the Oranges]]. This involves some thousands of townspeople, divided into nine combat on-the-ground teams, who throw oranges at tens of cart-based teams—with considerable violence—during the last three fat carnival days: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The carnival takes place 40 days before Easter and it ends on the night of "Fat Tuesday" with a solemn ceremony that involves a funeral in honour of the concluded Carnival.

A ''Mugnaia'' is chosen among the citizens' spouses. The legend has that a miller's daughter (the eponymous "Mugnaia") once refused to accept the "right" of the local duke to [[Droit du seigneur|spend a night with each newlywed woman]] and chopped his head off. Today, the carriages represent the duke's guard and the orange throwers the revolutionaries. People wearing a red hat will not be considered part of the revolutionaries, and therefore will not have oranges thrown at them.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

The origin of the tradition of throwing oranges is not well understood, particularly as oranges do not grow in the foothills of the Italian Alps and must be transported from Sicily. In 1994, an estimate of {{convert|265000|kg|lb|lk=out}} of oranges was brought to the city, mainly coming from the leftovers of the winter crop in southern Italy.

=== Cuisine ===
Eporedian cuisine is particulary appreciated for its desserts, including traditional Eporediesi biscuits, and patisserie cakes like [[Torta 900]] and Polenta d'Ivrea. Fagioli grassi ({{langx|pms|faseuj grass}}) is another traditional dish from the town.

=== Sports ===

The town's football club, [[A.S.D. Montalto Ivrea]], currently plays in [[Promozione|Promozione Piemonte]].

The Ivrea Rugby Club plays in C1 Piemontese.

Ivrea was a host for the [[2016 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2016]], [[2017 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2017]], and [[2024 Canoe Slalom World Cup|2024]] [[Canoe Slalom World Cup]], held at the [[Ivrea Whitewater Stadium]].