The "comparsa" of the Chiocciola comes back after the hommage tributed to its participants who live outside of the city walls. This happens between May and June, before of the Patron Saints\' holiday, 29th of June.
The Roman she-wolf is the symbol of Siena, as it has been founded as a Roman colony. Although Etruscan settlements must have been in the area from long before. The site of the Duomo was supposedly the Acropolis of the city, and it is told that the Duomo i
This is the baptism fountain of the "Contrada del Drago" in Siena. The baptism, a relatively recent institution (1947, first in the Chiocciola) is not a Catholic one, but a civil "blessing" that confirms a newborn in the community for the rest of his life
This picture of a dragon (Drago) is in an internal courtyard of a palazzo in via del Paradiso in Siena. The symbol of the Contrada del Drago is portraited on a fresco abouve a private house. Internally to it, a small altar with a relief nativity is at the
25th of April, Liberation Day and San Marco day too. Here, via San Marco in Siena and the Chiocciola flags for the celebration. Consisting of banquet, too.
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