Siena Snapshots

I call this bunch of photos “Siena snapshots” because they’re quick shots taken while walking from the bus station to the Campo and the cathedral. So I don’t have much background and can’t tell you what most of these buildings are. The building above is a small commercial building with an insurance company inside and a hairdressing salon in front. I liked the Romanesque windows.

Upper stories of a palazzo:

Madonna of the alley. I chose to convert it to B/W because it had a more mysterious feel and de-emphasized the trash on the ground.

Statue of Romulus and Remus in a courtyard.

Fifteenth-century Loggia della Mercanzia (thank heavens for Google!):

Painted ceiling of the loggia:

Marble bench in loggia:

Sallustio Bandini, 18th century Tuscan economist and priest, gazes down at tourists in front of the Palazzo Salimbeni (now a bank).

I think I photographed this Romulus and Remus statue in the courtyard of Siena Cathedral.

Accordionist playing Mozart near the cathedral’s south portico:

Bags were quite expensive in Italy. Cheaper to photograph them.

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