La Corsa dei Ceri 2009 and the Palio della Balestra traditions of Gubbio is of considerable importance in view of regional events both as folklore than purely historical. Both events are being held without interruption since dagl'ultimi years of the XII century, each year, May 15, the streets of Gubbio are filled with color, hundreds of the three leading Eugubino Ceri, each heavier than 4 quintals, in an exciting race from the city to the Basilica of St. Ubaldo, through the medieval streets and up the hill for a drop of over 300 m. The membership of the Cero is a fact of great importance in the life of a Eugubina, is a kind of emblem qualifying linked to the type of job that in the past is handed down from father to son from generation to generation. The colors of the uniforms are tuned to ceraiole robes of the saint protector of corporations: yellow for ceraioli S. Ubaldo, blue for those of San Giorgio and black for those of Sant 'Antonio. This event, unique in its kind, in addition to attracting thousands of spectators, witnessing the continuation of a tradition that has always united the entire nation Eugubino is the confirmation of a genuine devotion to the patrons of the ancient guilds of masons, merchants and peasants. Tanta is the importance of this commemoration in the region that Ceri is currently the institutional symbol of Umbria. In the Piazza Grande, the last Sunday in May, the crossbowmen defy colleagues of Sansepolcro in Tuscany in a race by shooting location. The whole town of Gubbio relives a medieval atmosphere with costume parades, performances of the flag-wavers and wineries open to banquets. Participants in the competition wearing the old costume historian and are judged in the console race, the connestabile, and the authorities, they obviously mask. The two poles have survived without change in the centuries since have shown a deep connection with the soul of the city, giving shape and a custom memory of ancient but still real sign of aggregation for the community.