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Article: Step back to the Middle Ages when you spend a few days in Siena.(Going Places)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- March 11, 2001
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Byline: Roy Leonard
"We saw the race!" my friend exclaimed. "It was like being on the infield at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. We stood all day in the sun, but it was worth it."
I felt a twinge of envy as we discussed the beauty and enchantment of Siena, a well-preserved medieval town in Italy just 35 miles south of Florence in the Tuscany region.
We had traveled there, but not on one of the two most important days of the year, July 2 and Aug. 16, when the Palio takes place.
One of the country's most popular festivals attracts thousands of people from all over the world. My friend was lucky enough to be there on the right ...