Piazza del Campo
Guide
Photo: Mark Sehnert · Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
FreeSightAllow 30–60 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A sloping, shell-shaped brick square fanning down to the town hall and its tall tower. People sit on the bricks to eat, chat and watch the light change.
A brief history
Twice a summer, on 2 July and 16 August, the city's neighbourhoods race bareback horses around it in the Palio, a tradition going back to the Middle Ages.
Tips
- Best time
- Evening, sitting on the bricks
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 30–60 min
- Free days
- Always free
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Good to know
- Area
- Il Campo: The shell-shaped square and the lanes around it, the heart of the town.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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