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Piazza del Campo

Piazza del Campo

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Piazza del Campo

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Location: Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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1. Exploring Siena from Porta Romana – loop tour

6.00km

01:37

80m

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2. Exploring Siena from the station – loop tour

6.94km

01:55

120m

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3. Piazza del Campo – Torre del Mangia loop from San Prospero

6.44km

01:49

130m

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Söhni 🏃

January 9, 2018

In the center of the Tuscan town of Siena rises the Piazza del Campo. The place is known for its impressive architecture and its semicircular shape, as well as the twice-yearly horse race.

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HorstAP

March 6, 2021

On the higher side of the Piazza del Campo is the Fonte Gaia, which Jacopo della Quercia created between 1409 and 1419. It is called 'Well of Joy' because in 1342 it was possible for the first time to let water flow into the city using a 25 km long pipe. The perpetual lack of water was a big problem in the mountain town of Siena - especially in the summer months. Source: Wikipedia

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Ciclosofista

January 23, 2018

Piazza del Campo, or 'the Campo', as the Sienese call it, lies at the meeting point of three neighboring hills and is therefore slightly sloping.
it is the center and the heart of the city, overlooked by the Palazzo Pubblico withs its high Torre del Mangia and surrounded by palaces of medieval noble families.
It is also embellished by the Fonte Gaia (the "Joyful Fountain" a marble monument dedicated to the Virgin Mary), but it is specially famous, because in this public space the Palio of Siena is run, July 2nd and August 16th of each year.
The square is shell-shaped and is divided into 9 sectors, as many as the rulers of Siena in the thirteenth century, but also to remember the folds of the mantle of the Virgin.
Here, in the Middle Ages, the market took place; here the Sienese organized their spectacular 'games', later replaced by the Palio, and here they used to feast and gamble: the Campo was the only place where it was allowed.

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Elevation 380 m

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1. Exploring Siena from Porta Romana – loop tour

2. Exploring Siena from the station – loop tour

3. Piazza del Campo – Torre del Mangia loop from San Prospero

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