Tour Overview
Important Contrada Information
Banner (with symbol and colors): Yellow, trimmed in turquoise and black, with a gold coat of arms, a double-headed eagle holding an imperial globe, a sword and a scepter, with a golden shining sun, and the initials U.I (Humbert I)
Motto: From the Eagle the beak, the claws, the wing
Headquarters (seat or sede): Casato di Sotto 82–88
The Neighborhood: Il Duomo; Piazza del Duomo; Santa Maria della Scala; Pinocoteca
Guild: Notaries
Church:Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista (The Oratory of Saint John the Baptist on Via del Casato)
Patron Saint: Most Holy Name of the Virgin Mary
Fountain:By Bruno Buracchini (1963) in Postierla Square
Allied Contrade: Owl and Dragon
Adversary Contrada: Panther
The Walk
Begin: Piazza del Campo
End: Piazza del Campo
Note: This walk includes many museums and church visits. You may want to return another day to visit all these sights.
Stops
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Introduction
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#1 Ristorante Casato
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#2 Nobile Contrada dell'Aquila
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#3 Via San Pietro
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#4 Palazzo Brigidi, Palazzo Bonsignori, and Pinacoteca Nazionale
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#5 Chiesa di San Pietro alle Scale
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#6 Osteria de Cice
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#7 Antica Farmacia Quattro Cantoni
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#8 Piazza di Postierla
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#9 Antica Siena
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#10 Il Duomo
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#11 Santa Maria della Scala
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#12 Sole Invitto
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#13 Museo del’Opera del Duomo
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#14 Il Cripta e Baptistero di San Giovanni
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#15 First Miracle of Saint Catherine of Siena
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#16 Via del Poggio
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#17 Palazzo Piccolomini
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#18 Pizzicheria De Miccol
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#19 Palazzo Chigi-Saracini
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The End: Museo delle Tortura
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