The Contrada of the Tortoise (Italian: Contrada della Tartuca) is one of the seventeen historic subdivisions of the Tuscan city of Siena. It takes part...

A contrada (plural: contrade) is generally a district within the Italian countryside. In the city of Siena, the term indicates the 17 urban wards, whose...

with Via Carlo Porta and Via Felice Cavallotti and then enters Piazza Santa Maria. These three streets previously constituted the Contrada Sciornago. The...

in 1286. Porta Altinate seen from Piazza Garibaldi. Porta Altinate seen from the Contrada Altinate. Monument to Alvise Pisani, inside Porta Altinate....

deconsecrated oratory or church located between via San Marco and via della Diana in the contrada of the Chiocciola (snail), in the city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy...

located to the south of the arches of Porta Nuova, are formed by Via Montenapoleone, Via Manzoni, Via della Spiga and Corso Venezia. Streets inside...

medieval fountains of Siena, located in Terzo di Camollia, in the Contrada of Oca, near the Porta of Fontebranda. The fountain was built in the 13th century...

building owned by them, as the family is registered in the estimo of the Contrada of Santa Fosca since 1379. Girolamo Zulian left the palace to the Priuli...

Neoclassical period. On the continuation of the Via Manzoni, in the old Contrada della Cavalchina, stands the Palazzo Melzi d'Eril, once known for its private...

popular connotation. The contrada Roera began to form in the 13th century. The first Roero families began to move from the area of Porta Vivarii di San Paolo...