Piazza del Campo
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 | Piazza del Campo |
| Designer | unknown |
| Location | Siena, Italy |
| Date | 1280 to 1350 |
| Building Type | piazza, plaza, urban open space |
| Climate | mild |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Late Medieval |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | "Il Campo", the main square of Siena. (Not "Sienna".) Asymmetrical open space radiating from tower at one side. Location of the Palio horse races in July and August. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Piazza_del_Campo.html |
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"...The Palazzo Publico, Siena, [and other great Italian palazzos of the period] represent the municpal life and enterprise of these Medieval cities, and stand, grave and severe, amidst the bustle of modernlife, with their lofty watch towers and fortified facades, often finished with machicolations and battlements."
— Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture
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References
Fritz Baumgart. A History of Architectural Styles. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970. NA204.B3513. LC 70-110283. site plan drawing, f119, p111. Jean Roubier, Paris.
Francis D. K. Ching. Architecture: Form, Space, and Order. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979. ISBN 0-442-21535-5. LC 79-18045. NA2760.C46. aerial perspective drawing, p140.— A nice graphic introduction to architectural ideas. Updated 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. London: The Butterworth Group, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. p757. f745d. — The classic text of architectural history. Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Niccolo Rodolico and Giuseppe Marchini. I Palazzi del Popolo, nei Comuni Toscani del Medio Evo. Milan: Electra Editrice, 1962. exterior photo of tower, plate62.
External Links
Piazza del Campo photo tour - at Europe for Visitors
