"One Gigantic Postcard" a Siena Travel Page by rexvaughan

Siena is a feast for the eyes at just about every turn - the Town Hall and Tower, the "sqaure" (Il Campo), the countryside, and especially the Duomo. The Duomo is a magnificent structure of black and white marble that has so much exquisite detail it is hard to take it all in! The photo above is just one example - gargoyles galore on one of the Duomo towers.

This looks for all the world like the she- wolf in Rome nursing Romulus and Remus but I understand it is the Sienese wolf and the twins are ? I know there is another story here, so if you read this and know it, please send it to me (cheap way to get help building pages, huh?). This one is in Tolomei Square. There is another one in the Municipal Museum.

You probably know that twice each summer Siena has a wild horse race aroung Il Campo called the Palio. This is such a big deal that we were there 2 or 3 weeks prior to the race and encountered the group in the photo. They represent one of the 17 districts which compete in the race and were having a parade to psyche up the home team. I say this race is wild because I don't think there are any rules and that the first horse across the finish line wins, whether he has a rider or not!