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October 13, 2005
Tuscany
If you visit Italy, try to see Sienna and the horse race there.
Like most medieval towns, Siena has a series of parking areas where you leave your car and then walk into town. Siena’s Piazza il Campo is rated as one of the finest plazas in Italy. It is a fan shaped public area sloping towards the town hall. The square was completed in 1349 and consists of 9 segments representing the nine folds in the gown of the virgin Mary. (Apologies to any Catholics out there, but I never cease to be amazed at how the RC’s can create some form of symbolism out of every minor and almost insignificant thing. Perhaps that is why they were always referred to as ‘Rock Crushers’ during my old army days). The plaza gets packed with people on the two annual occasions on which a horse race is conducted around its perimeter. It wasn’t that busy while we were there and we enjoyed a nice pizza for lunch and a look at the medieval buildings around the square.
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Posted on October 13, 2005 05:39 AM by horse 406.
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Hi, I got an article on my blog about the Palio of Siena (that is the name of the horse race). I know some say Sienna, but the correct way is Siena. So you can find the article here: http://experience-tuscany.thriftytuscany.com/sienas-palio/647 Hope you find it resourceful!
Posted by: TuscanMan at December 29, 2008 01:39 PM
