• A contrada (plural: contrade) is generally a district within the Italian countryside. In the city of Siena, the term indicates the 17 urban wards, whose...
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    confusion with contrada of Chiocciola, whose colors (yellow, red and blue) are almost identical. "Archivio del Palio di Siena". Il Palio.Siena .it. Retrieved...
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    The Contrada of the Tortoise (Italian: Contrada della Tartuca) is one of the seventeen historic subdivisions of the Tuscan city of Siena. It takes part...
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    Siena (/siˈɛnə/ see-EN-ə, Italian: [ˈsjɛːna, ˈsjeːna] ; traditionally spelled Sienna in English; Latin: Saena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, in central Italy...
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    northern portals in the medieval walls of Siena. It is located on via Camollia and opens inside the city into the Contrada of Istrice. Consisting of three arches;...
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    Fontebranda is one of the medieval fountains of Siena, located in Terzo di Camollia, in the Contrada of Oca, near the Porta of Fontebranda. The fountain...
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    on Piazza Tolomei in the Northern Terzo di Camollia and contrada of Civetta in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. Across the piazza from the church...
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  • The University of Siena (Italian: Università degli Studi di Siena, abbreviation: UNISI), located in Siena, Tuscany, holds the distinction of being Italy's...
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    museum of the Contrada della Civetta. It is part of the historical center of Siena, which is present in the UNESCO list. Comune of Siena tourism site....
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    transept. The simple space has been the property of the Contrada della Giraffa, a ward in north Siena, since 1824. The brick façade leads to a single hall...
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    simple two story building has been the property of the Contrada della Lupa, a ward in north Siena, since 1789. The brick façade has an oculus with a 16th-century...
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    Roman Catholic church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It was designed by Baldassare Peruzzi. The church was commissioned by the contrada dell'Onda and begun in...
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    florins the port of Talamone, the Contrada di Valentina and Castiglion di Val d'Orcia were sold to the Republic of Siena which also placed the monastery...
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    located on Via Banchi di Sopra in the present contrada of Civetta, Terzo di Camollia of the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The sober stone palace...
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    remaining portals in the medieval Walls of Siena. It is located on Strada di Tufi, now Via Pier Andrea Mattioli, in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. It stands...
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    The Corteo Storico is a historical costume parade in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It takes place before the famous horse race known as the Palio on the 2nd...
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    Montalcino (category Municipalities of the Province of Siena)
    Montalcino is a hill town and comune in the province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. The town is located to the west of Pienza, close to the Crete Senesi...
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    between via San Marco and via della Diana in the contrada of the Chiocciola (snail), in the city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It association with the neighborhood...
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    portals in the medieval walls of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is located on the east side of town, in the contrada del Nicchio in the terzo of San...
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    located on Via del Moro #48 in the present contrada of Civetta, Terzo di Camollia of the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The palace stands...
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    located on Via Banchi di Sopra in the present contrada of Civetta, Terzo di Camollia of the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The building is one...
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    riconciliazione delle Contrade Tartuca e Chiocciola avvenuta il 7 novembre 1847, Tipografia dell’Ancoea, Siena, 1847. Contrada della Tartuca; Author Paolo Bennati....
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    Piero Torriti: Tutta Siena. Contrada per Contrada. Bonechi Editore, Florenz 2000, ISBN 978-88-7204-456-8, S. 336. Comune di Siena, Santa Maria della Scala...
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    Camollia, just southwest of the basilica of San Francesco, in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. This Marian shrine was built around a 14th-century...
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    style Roman Catholic church on Piazetta Virgilio Grassi, in the Contrada del Leocorno, Siena, Tuscany, Italy. A Romanesque, 13th-century church at the site...
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    Roman Catholic church, located on Via San Marco in the contrada of Chiocciola, in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. It originally was annexed...
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    Thiene is found in the middle of via dei Pispini in Siena, Italy. This oratory of the aristocratic Contrada del Nicchio (Sea-shell) was built from 1683-1700...
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    Virginia Tacci (category People from Siena)
    famous horse race in Siena. Tacci rode on 15 August 1581 in the challenging race that was the predecessor of today's Palio di Siena. As a 15-year-old girl...
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    Siena, Italy. The oratory is property of the "Ward of the Turtle" or Contrada della Tartuca, and now commonly called Sant'Antonio alle Murella. Siena...
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    Clare, Catherine of Siena, Peter and Paul, and the Angel are by Salimbeni. Alongside the church is the former Oratory of the Contrada of Pantera, role now...
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