Why does the Italian town of Ivrea hold a ‘battle of the oranges’?

Every year the town of Ivrea, in Italy’s Piedmont region, holds one of the most peculiar carnival festivals in the country as thousands of people take part in a ferocious three-day ‘orange battle’ – but why do they do this…
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