MEDIEVAL GAMES IN TUSCANY—Siena, 60 miles from Florence, Italy, has the honour of carrying out each year the only survival of the mediaeval games of Tuscany. Surrounded by ancient walls which embrace two and a-half square miles, the crooked, steep and narrow streets assist in preserving the atmosphere of the Middle Ages. A Roman colony in the time of Augustus, Siena was an important mediaeval city republic and a stronghold of the Ghibellines. It was annexed to Florence in 1557. Photograph shows bands men in picturesque heraldic attire, heading a procession before the start of a horse race on the market-place of the city.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 750, 24 August 1929, Page 21
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104MEDIEVAL GAMES IN TUSCANY—Siena, 60 miles from Florence, Italy, has the honour of carrying out each year the only survival of the mediaeval games of Tuscany. Surrounded by ancient walls which embrace two and a-half square miles, the crooked, steep and narrow streets assist in preserving the atmosphere of the Middle Ages. A Roman colony in the time of Augustus, Siena was an important mediaeval city republic and a stronghold of the Ghibellines. It was annexed to Florence in 1557. Photograph shows bands men in picturesque heraldic attire, heading a procession before the start of a horse race on the market-place of the city. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 750, 24 August 1929, Page 21
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