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<p>We worked our way through winding mountain roads into the busy city streets.</p>
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<p>Our first view of the famous Piazza del Campo. The church was built around 
1100ad and most of the city dates from that time period.</p>
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<p>The pigeons were well trained - as soon as the people left this table, the 
pigeons came to partake of the leftovers!!</p>
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<p>Did I mention this city was built on the side of a mountain? Lots of hills to 
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<p>Siena's cathedral, the Duomo, begun in the twelfth century, is one of the great examples of Italian romanesque architecture</p>
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There were inlaid marble mosaics throughout the floor, roped off to preserve 
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The walls along the side of the church were lined with many of these altars...</p>
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Entrance to library area...</p>
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These music books were huge - about 2 ft tall. Most were in latin.</p>
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They were lined up along the walls, covered in glass...</p>
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You can see how big they were - see Charlene at the end of the isle on the 
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Again, long exposure times create ghosts when people move - see the one on the 
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This was pretty cool. They have openings in the floor covered with Plexiglas so 
you see the original foundation of the church. There was about 4 of these.</p>
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I tried to get a picture of the (very dark) ceiling by laying the camera on the 
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Regular exposure at 1/30th of a second.....</p>
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Same picture holding the lens open for a full second.</p>
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Backed it off to 1/3rd of a second for this one. Some of the side detail is 
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Leaving Sienna and back on the road to Rome.</p>
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Stopped at a highway rest area and found an Italian Ferrari in the parking 
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