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Siena, Unbeaten

In the streets of the plague-besieged city, the spirit of the people rings out
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This brings tears to my eyes. I have heard this song twice in my life, both in Siena, during the Palio di Siena. You hear people singing it at top of the lungs all over town. I’ve been to the Palio twice, and there developed a deep love of that city and its people. This, friends, is the spirit of Siena, and the spirit of Italy. Viva Siena! Viva Italia!

UPDATE: I can’t stop watching that. I am thinking about how much I love Italy, and Italians, and how much they are all suffering now. BUT THEY WILL NOT BE BEATEN! God, what a people! What a country!

Here are a couple of shots I took at the Palio di Siena, the first one of the summer of 2017. I imagine this man joining in the singing above:

This is also an admirable Senese (Onda is also my contrada):

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