A few nights ago in the Campo, Sarah had a revelation as we sat talking and ejoying gelato (great things happen when you eat gelato). Siena, she said, is "just like Hogwarts and the Palio is like Quidditch." Each contrada is a different house and the horse race is as cutthroat and serious as the Quidditch World Cup.
It's the most accurate description of this city that I've heard yet.
Pictured: Look closely and you can see the last Palio (or at least you can see the crowds that filled the Campo during the last Palio) projected on the building - one of the contradas was continuously playing a recording of the race several nights ago.
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