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Luis Cagiao > Piazza del Campo is the principal public space of Siena, Tuscany, Italy and is one of Europe's greatest medieval squares. The twice-yearly famous horse-race, the Palio, is held around the edges of the piazza.
Luis Cagiao > The Cathedral of Siena (Italian: Duomo di Siena), dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church and now to Santa Maria Assunta (Most Holy Mary of Assumption), is a medieval church in Siena, central Italy. The cathedral itself was originally designed and completed between 1215 and 1263 on the site of an earlier structure. It has the form of a Latin cross with a slightly projecting transept, a dome and a bell tower. The dome rises from an octagonal base with supporting columns. The lantern atop the dome, was added by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The nave is separated from the two aisles by semicircular arches. The exterior and interior are constructed of white and greenish-black marble in alternating stripes, with addition of red marble on the façade. Black and white are the symbolic colors of Siena, etiologically linked to black and white horses of the legendary city's founders, Senius and Aschius. ------------------------- Duomo di Siena es la catedral medieval de Siena, Italia. La Catedral, al principio fue diseñada y terminada entre 1215 y 1263 sobre el sitio de una estructura más antigua. Tiene la forma de una cruz latina con un crucero, un domo y un campanario. La base del domo es octagonal y sólo se hace circular encima de las columnas de apoyo. La linternilla, encima del domo, fue añadida por el famoso Gian Lorenzo Bernini. La nave principal esta separada de las otras dos naves por arcos de medio punto. El exterior e interior están construidos de mármol rayado blanco y verdoso negro, con la adición de mármol rojo sobre la fachada. Blanco y negro son los colores simbólicos de Siena, sacado de los caballos blancos y negros de los fundadores legendarios de la ciudad: Senio y Asquio.
Luis Cagiao > Piazza del Campo is the principal public space of Siena, Tuscany, Italy and is one of Europe's greatest medieval squares. The twice-yearly famous horse-race, the Palio, is held around the edges of the piazza.
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Piazza del Campo is the principal public space of Siena, Tuscany, Italy and is one of Europe's greatest medieval squares.

The twice-yearly famous horse-race, the Palio, is held around the edges of the piazza.
Luis Cagiao > Piazza del Campo is the principal public space of Siena, Tuscany, Italy and is one of Europe's greatest medieval squares. The twice-yearly famous horse-race, the Palio, is held around the edges of the piazza.
Piazza del Campo is the principal public space of Siena, Tuscany, Italy and is one of Europe's greatest medieval squares.

The twice-yearly famous horse-race, the Palio, is held around the edges of the piazza.
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