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  2. Palio di Siena - Wikipedia

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    The drappellone banner of the Palio of 16 August 2009, painted by Giuliano Ghelli. The drappellone ("banner"), or palio, known affectionately as cencio ("the rag") in Siena, is the trophy that is to be delivered to the contrada that wins the Palio. The palio is an elongated rectangular piece of silk, hand-painted by an artist for the occasion ...

  3. The Resurrection (Piero della Francesca) - Wikipedia

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    The Resurrection is a fresco painting by the Italian Renaissance master Piero della Francesca, painted in the 1460s in the Palazzo della Residenza in the town of Sansepolcro, Tuscany, Italy. Piero was commissioned to paint the fresco for the Gothic -style Residenza, the communal meeting hall [1] which was used solely by Conservatori, the chief ...

  4. Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena) - Wikipedia

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    www.pinacotecanazionale.siena.it. The Pinacoteca Nazionale is a national museum in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists. It is housed in the Brigidi and Buonsignori palaces in the city's center: the former, built in the 14th century, it is traditionally ...

  5. Contrade of Siena - Wikipedia

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    The she-wolf of this contrada refers to the legend that Siena was founded by Senius and Aschius, the sons of Remus, who were raised by a wolf. Because of this, Lupa ' s sister city is Rome. The Lupa museum's prize exhibit is a photograph of Giuseppe Garibaldi, which he donated to the contrada on its victory in the Palio di Siena of 1867.

  6. Spinello Aretino - Wikipedia

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    Spinello Aretino [1] [2] (c. 1350 – c. 1410) was an Italian painter from Arezzo, who was active in Tuscany at the end of the 14th and the first decennium of the 15th century. [3] His style influenced the development of late 14th- and early 15th-century painting in Tuscany. [4]

  7. She-wolf (Roman mythology) - Wikipedia

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    She-wolf (Roman mythology) The Capitoline Wolf, arguably the most famous statue of the She-Wolf. In the Roman foundation myth, a she-wolf ( lupa in Italian) was an Italian wolf who nursed and sheltered the twins Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned in the wild by decree of King Amulius of Alba Longa.

  8. Siena - Wikipedia

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    Siena Cathedral Interior of the Siena Cathedral Façade of the Palazzo Pubblico (town hall) during the Palio days Piazza Salimbeni Streets of old Siena. The Siena Cathedral , begun in the 12th century, is a masterpiece of Italian Romanesque–Gothic architecture. Its main façade was completed in 1380 with a nave oriented northeast–southwest.

  9. Corteo Storico - Wikipedia

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    Corteo Storico. Coordinates: 43°19′06″N11°19′53″E. The Carrocio. 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 of July and on August 16, each year.

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