Saturday, September 3, 2011

Piazza Dell Campo (Square of the Field, or center of Town)




Piazza Del Campo: One of the finest Piazza’s in all of Italy and home of the mighty palio, it served as the center of the town, where once medieval rulers and renaissance royalty stood to observe their courts and give instruction to protect against invasion. Today it serves as the major attraction for tourists during the peak morning hours, but the local senese and study abroad student learn to enjoy this nightly, as we drank and talked into the weee hours of the morning

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