Il Campo

AttractionSienaAbout 45 minutes

A shell-shaped square sloping to the town hall, divided into nine paved segments, and the finest public space in Italy by a fair margin. People sit on the brick and stay for an hour. Twice each summer it is packed earth and the Palio is run around its edge in about ninety seconds.

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