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Published: October 13th 2014
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We didn't order bird.
Off the square in Siena, we had some Pizza at a quaint little shop. We packed out bags for pickup at 7:30 for departure to Lucca tonight. Along the way, we stopped in Sienna to eat lunch, walk alot, see little alleys, a church, aka Domo, public square, hall of justice, and get some history about the city.
In Houston, the old section of town, buildings are from 1935, here, 1435 is considered historic. Lots of nice frescos, and it seems they are still finding stuff.
The church we toured, was very pretty, and we were fortunate because the floor of this church has 38 panels of inlaid marble in the floor, that tells the bible stories from creation through Christ's Redemption. The artists, forty of them, laid these out between 1347 - 1547. The floor is only uncovered to view two months of the year. This was one of those months, so we could see them. They are roped off so you can't walk on them, but you could see them. After this month, they will be covered again, and the church used as a church instead of museum. The craftsmen that did the work were artists indeed.
About 5PM we got back on the bus and rested our feet and
Siena Square Il Campo
This square is huge. Once per year they have horse races around the square. The posts on the edge of the square mark the spot where all the people must be. They are on the inside center part of the square. Horses race around the outside. When it rains, all the water runs into channels below and is used. It is a big bowl, draining to the left in the center of the left side. continued on to Lucca.
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James Keating
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Day 5
Those are great pictures. I like the leaning tower of Pisa picture. That's not an angle I have seen before.