Flags in Siena

Behind me hang the 17 flags of each of the districts.

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17 flags and one horse that wouldn't move

June 30th 2004
I've spent in Siena, which is about an hour and a half south of Florence, for the past two days. This week is race week ... so the 17 districts of Siena hang their flags and chant really loudly. And, they show off their horses. Yesterday evening, we wondered down to Il Campo to watch the horses run around the campo. One horse in particular did not want to leave the stable ... in fact he barely ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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