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The Palio dell'Assunta

ZIZippy82 ·31 photographs ·16 Aug 2008 – 19 Aug 2008 ·4 days
Where
Siena, San Gimignano, Sienese countryside · Toscana
When
16 Aug 2008 – 19 Aug 2008
4 days · trip of 2008
Who
Paolo · @Zippy82 · Colleferro (RM)
How
Travel diary
The story

(Distance from home 266 km). Back in Siena, and again for the Palio dell'Assunta. Spectacular. We stayed at an excellent agriturismo in the Sienese countryside (Borgo al Cerro, wonderful and well equipped), chosen for its strategic position, which also allowed us to visit San Gimignano and Colle di Val d'Elsa. Every time it's a pleasure to return to Tuscan soil.

The journey's photographs

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The feverish wait....The blessing of the Drago contrada horseThe unlucky Drago horse that will finish third but shakenOn the march...The Oca contrada movesThe Istrice contrada arrivesThe Square gets readyThe contending contradeThe parade of the carabinieriThe square fills upCrowd in Siena's Piazza del Campo beneath Torre del Mangia during the PalioCrowded stands in Siena's Piazza del Campo during the Palio horse raceHuge crowd filling Piazza del Campo in Siena during the PalioThe Palio arrives in Piazza del CampoThe anticipation risesAt the San Martino bendThe much-contested Palio goes to the Bruco contradaThe square empties..The Sienese countrysideSan GimignanoTourists in San Gimignano's Piazza della Cisterna, medieval tower lit by sunlightMedieval towers of San Gimignano framed by a weathered stone archTourists sitting in the square among San Gimignano's medieval towersTourists in Piazza della Cisterna, San Gimignano, among medieval towers at duskCrowded stone street lined with medieval towers, San GimignanoBrick church with bell tower on cobbled square in San GimignanoViews of the Sienese countrysideThe Bruco contrada celebratesThe CathedralSan DomenicoSienese views

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