Train again, and a cold but bright day. Perhaps not ideal tripper weather, but we were enchanted. First photo is the central square, the Piazza del Campo, ringed by medieval buildings with 11 streets and passageways feeding into it. The large edifice with the tower is the Town Hall, nearly as splendid as Huntingdon’s Pathfinder house before it was demolished. 
Photo 2 is just a typical example of one of the beautiful buildings you stumble across everywhere.The cathedral was something else. We’ve never seen so many superb examples of different kinds of artistic work. Each of the following is a representation of a fraction of what was in the building:
12 to 14C Cathedral exterior, marble cladding
Cathedral interior, black and white marble facings
16C Mural depicting Pope
13C Book of Illuminated writing
15- 16C Inlaid marble floor tableau: one of many covering most of the floor space.
Despite containing so many treasures and being such a tourist venue, the town had a real living soul, not at all like some Disney attraction they locked up at 8.00pm and everybody went home. Siena was our favourite place so far.
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