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The Symbolical Realm and Historical Framework of the Contrade

Tobias Boos

subject

Community basedSymbolRace (biology)Historymedia_common.quotation_subjectRealmFLAGS registerThe RenaissanceOrder (virtue)media_commonKey (music)Visual arts

description

The chapter describes the contemporary symbolism of the contrade and its historic development in order to allow the reader to follow the subsequent analysis of the content of the contrade’s websites, in which symbols play a key role. It suggests that the contrade of Siena make significant use of mediaeval and Renaissance signs and symbol s such as particular colours, flags, and instruments. Members of a contrada build a community based on a specific district of Siena, and their lives are heavily focused on what is deemed necessary to the win a horse race called palio .

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58454-6_6