Siena - Piazza del Campo.
The open site was a marketplace established before the thirteenth century on a sloping site near the meeting point of the three hillside communities that coalesced to form Siena's slong: the Castellare, the San Martino and the Camollia. Siena may have had earlier Etruscan settlements, but it was not a considerable Roman settlement, and the campo does not lie on the site of a Roman forum, as is sometimes suggested. It was paved in 1349 in fishbone-patterned red brick with ten lines of travertine, which divide the piazza into nine sections, radiating from the mouth of the gavinone (the central water drain) in front of the Palazzo Pubblico. The number of divisions are held to be symbolic of the rule of The Nine (Noveschi) who laid out the campo and governed Siena at the height of its mediaeval splendour between 1292-1355. It was and remains the focal point of public life in the City. From the piazza, eleven narrow shaded streets radiate into the city.
Heinz AdlerAuge 29. August 2010, 8:48
** cool ***.nur ein etws zu * hartes Tageslicht * !
Ein TIP: versuche an deiner Kamera die Belichtungskorrektur vorher auf Minus zu stellen...
Gruss
Heinz
Vera Shulga 29. Juli 2010, 19:05
Wonderful view!Elfie W. 29. Juli 2010, 16:53
un lavoro molto bene!Elfie
Sylvia Schulz 28. Juli 2010, 16:24
very nice place and fine colourslg Sylvia
artofben 25. Juli 2010, 19:48
very nice, beautiful coloursLG Ralf
chris.1 23. Juli 2010, 7:39
Ich liebe Italien! Tolles Foto!lg christiane
Jerobeam 22. Juli 2010, 9:52
Schönes Bild: Und warum gelingt es in Deutschland so selten, Plätze so zu gestalten, dass sie nicht faschistoid groß und leer, sondern heimelig und menschlich wirken?LG Michael
Guglielmo Rispoli 21. Juli 2010, 22:55
bella ed intensagrande piazza
ciao, Guglielmo
ntali 21. Juli 2010, 22:09
splendid photo, beautiful lightBRAVO
friendly
ntali
aline64 21. Juli 2010, 18:55
Une place superbe très animée, bravo !amitié
Marie47 21. Juli 2010, 14:35
Superbe photo !Marie-Bapt'
Diary of my Dreams Frank und Katja Rimmler 21. Juli 2010, 8:57
a good view...beautiful colors
lg
Frank
Dieter Sann 20. Juli 2010, 8:53
very nice. the colours are beautiful. I like it.LG Dieter
Graciela Baglione 19. Juli 2010, 17:00
Hermoso lugar, espléndida foto!besos..Graciela
sunshine1978 19. Juli 2010, 12:29
divertente chitiveccia beautifull shoot! i like it very muchsaluti moni