Letter 26: Piazza del Campo
Ciao, Tim,
Da quando tempo!
I've seen the newsletter about la casa del tuo fratello, and by one look of it, I was amazed by its beauty. It was such a fortune to stay in such a lovely house like that, you know, personally saying, I've mentioned before, that I love Italian culture, especially their architecture.
About Renaissance, it was probably my favorite period of time in the history. It was all about art! And at that time, many famous architects was born: Lorenzo Bernini, Arnolfo di Cambio, Leonardo da Vinci, and so on. I'm going to introduce the Piazza del Campo to you, it's a wonderful place that even an urgent man would slow down to admire its beauty.
It is the principal public space of the center of Siena, Tuscany. It was renowned all over there world by its beauty and architectural integrity. It was constituted by the Palazzo Pubblico and its Torre del Mangia, as well as the Fonte Gaia at the northwest edge. And the most interesting thing is that they'll held a horse-race, Palio di Siena, twice a year around the piazza, and I didn't watch it because it was too dangerous then, though I'd love to watch horses.
Palio di Siena: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palio_di_Siena
Piazza del Campo is defiantly a great place to go, hope you'll find a fortune when you make a wish at the Fonte Gaia!
Ciao Ciao! Buzz
Da quando tempo!
I've seen the newsletter about la casa del tuo fratello, and by one look of it, I was amazed by its beauty. It was such a fortune to stay in such a lovely house like that, you know, personally saying, I've mentioned before, that I love Italian culture, especially their architecture.
About Renaissance, it was probably my favorite period of time in the history. It was all about art! And at that time, many famous architects was born: Lorenzo Bernini, Arnolfo di Cambio, Leonardo da Vinci, and so on. I'm going to introduce the Piazza del Campo to you, it's a wonderful place that even an urgent man would slow down to admire its beauty.
It is the principal public space of the center of Siena, Tuscany. It was renowned all over there world by its beauty and architectural integrity. It was constituted by the Palazzo Pubblico and its Torre del Mangia, as well as the Fonte Gaia at the northwest edge. And the most interesting thing is that they'll held a horse-race, Palio di Siena, twice a year around the piazza, and I didn't watch it because it was too dangerous then, though I'd love to watch horses.
Palio di Siena: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palio_di_Siena
Piazza del Campo is defiantly a great place to go, hope you'll find a fortune when you make a wish at the Fonte Gaia!
Ciao Ciao! Buzz
Buzz,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see that you're still enjoying "everything Italian". Will you be visiting Italy anytime soon?
Tim