Detail View: Architecture and Urban Planning Collection: Il Campo
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Work Record ID:
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415
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Reproduction Record ID:
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415
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Work Class:
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Cities
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Work Type:
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squares (open spaces)
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Title:
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Piazza del Campo, Siena
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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Il Campo
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Title Type:
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alternate
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Material:
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bearing masonry
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Material Type:
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medium
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Date:
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1200-1350
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Date Type:
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creation
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Location:
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Siena (Italy)
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Location Type:
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site
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Location:
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Piazza del Campo, Siena (Tuscany, Italy)
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Style Period:
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Late Medieval
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Culture:
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Italian
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Culture:
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Etruscan
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Subject:
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marketplaces
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Subject:
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Siena (Tuscany, Italy)
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Subject:
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piazzas (squares)
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Description:
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"The Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy, has a particular conformation of the ground, which turns the square into a big concave shell. The paving is made of red bricks arranged in fishbone style, divided into a sunburst pattern by nine strips of travertine. The white marble of the Fonte Gaia stands out on the paving, it is the masterpiece of 1419 by Jacopo della Quercia, later replaced by a copy. There is also the Palazzo Comunale (town hall), unusually built on the lowest part of the square, and the tall, Torre del Mangia that stands out against the sky. At the base of the Palazzo is the Chapel of the Virgin, or Chapel of the Square, constructed and voted for by the Sienese, after the end of the terrible plague of 1348. And surrounding the chapel are the elegant façades of the Palazzi Signorili, belonging to the wealthiest of families: the Sansedoni, the Piccolomini, and the Saracini. Location of the Palio horse races in July and August."
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Information Source:
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Reproduction Creator:
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Anspach, Eric
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Reproduction Creator Type:
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donor
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Reproduction Date:
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1995
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Reproduction Date Type:
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creation
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Reproduction View:
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Duomo of Siena
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Reproduction View Type:
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aerial view
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Reproduction Rights Statement:
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These images are for non-profit use educational use. Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of material in physical or digital form requires prior written permission from the copyright holder.
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