Siena - in the Tuscany region

Going to Piazza del Campo on Via di Pantaneto from the Porta Roma entrance	Front (windows) of the Gallo-Nero Restaurant where we had a medieval dinner the following evening.	Piazza del Campo: From the 12th century. Background - Gothic Palazzo Publico (town hall) - completed in early 1300's.
Piazza del Campo (12 c.), Fonte Gaia (15th c. fountain) and Palazzo Sansedoni - building with a curved facade (13th c.)	Piazza del Campo, and Fonte Gaia - fountain built in 1400's - Jocopo della Quercia's reliefs replaced with copies in 1860's.	Piazza del Campo: Perhaps Italy's most attractive piazza.
Piazza del Campo: Shell shaped, slanting piazza - has nine segments representing Council of Nine, medieval ruling body	Judy leaning on a post on Piazza del Campo: We had drinks at the cafe behind her - great place for people watching.	Cleaning a pigeon's "fine work" from a shirt and foot washing in a fountain on Piazza del Campo
People-watching from a fire escape on Piazza del Campo	Duomo: Gothic style - built in 1200's - marble facade begun by Giovonni Pisano and completed in late 1400's.	Passageway from Piazza del Campo to Via di Citta.
Banchi di Sotto - street near (north) of Piazza del Campo - a main shopping area	Judy on a passageway in the Jewish quarter. The Great Synagogue of Siena is seen in white on the left. Built in the 1750's.	Entrance to the Great Synagogue: For obvious reasons, this one is inconspicuous - true of many older European synagogues.
A sculptor in a ground floor studio next to the Great Synagogue	Entrance to the Gallo-Nero Restaurant where we had a medieval dinner - plain but tasty food reflecting preferences of the time.	A street in Siena