Siena, Italy - Contrada - Civetta (Owl)
Standard bearer of the Contrada of Civetta (Owl), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada. Each contrada is named after an animal or symbol with individual (and complicated!) heraldic and semi-mythological associations and devices. The contrade race against each other in the famous horse race the Palio around the tight (and dangerous) streets of the city
Picture No
11046260
Media ID
46324093
Size
3713px x 5774px
(4.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Illustration by Guido Masignani postcard
Date
circa 1910
