Piazza del Campo
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Piazza del Campo is the main public space of the historic center of Siena, a city in Tuscany, Italy. Its name comes from the Italian word campanilismo, which translates to "local pride" and campanile
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Gores of brick paving laid out to resemble a shell, viewed from the Torre del Mangia
Fonte Gaia
Palio di Siena
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The Palio di Siena is a horse race held twice each year, on 2 July and 16 August, in Siena, Italy. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colours, represent ten of the seventee
Piazza del Campo
…as well as various palazzi signorili, surround the scallop shell-shaped piazza. At the northwest edge is the Fonte Gaia. The twice-a-year horse race, Palio di Siena, is held around the edges of the piazza. The piazza is also the finish location of the annual road cycling race Strade Bianche. The Campo is located…
Horse and jockey (fantino) turning a bend of the race course at Piazza del Campo
Palio alla tonda, 1633, by Bernardino Capitelli
The carroccio of Siena during the Corteo Storico procession preceding the Palio of August 2006
View of the Piazza del Campo, where the Palio is run