Siena
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Siena is a city in the region of Tuscany in central Italy, and the capital of the province of Siena. With a population of 53,180, it is the 12th-largest city in the region.
View of Piazza del Campo (Campo Square), the Mangia Tower (Torre del Mangia) and Santa Maria in Provenzano Church
Capitoline Wolf at Siena Duomo. According to a legend, Siena was founded by Senius and Aschius, two sons of Remus. When they fled Rome, they took the statue of the She-wolf to Siena, which became a symbol of the town.
Siena aerial panorama. June 2024.
Siena aerial panorama. June 2024.
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
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…Site, which contains several buildings from the 13th and 14th centuries. The city is famous for its cuisine, art, museums, medieval cityscape and the Palio, a horse race held twice a year in Piazza del Campo. In October 2025, Siena won the European Green Leaf Award for 2027…
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