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2017/10/25

Siena・Assisi (Italy)

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(Digitized the film photographs taken in September 2002 with scanner)

Siena Cathedral(Duomo di Siena), a medieval church in the heart of Siena historic area designated as a World Heritage Site.

An old town with medieval narrow streets and stairs in Siena

Siena Cathedral (Duomo di Siena)

Stained-glass window in Siena Cathedral

High altar in Siena Cathedral

The inlaid marble mosaic covering the whole floor of the cathedral.

Piazza del Campo, a shell-shaped town square, where a traditional medieval horse race is held twice each year.

The Piazza del Campo unfurls before the Palazzo Pubblico with Torre del Mangia.

The Palio's horses run on the narrow track around the Piazza del Campo.

 A bronze sculpture of the mythical she-wolf suckling the twins, Romulus and Remus, from the legend of the founding of Rome.

Head to Assisi from Siena                   Assisi is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order.

Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi       It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Upper and Lower Churches are decorated with frescoes by numerous painters  such as Giotto.

Basilica comprises two churches known as the Upper Church and the Lower Church, and a crypt where the remains of the saint are interred.

Assisi, a town on the western flank of Monte Subasio, has city walls still now.

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