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This chapter will provide the background information that is required in order to contextualise further analysis, doing so by outlining the main aspects of daily life within the contrade of Siena and the social and institutional organisation of those institutions. It proposes that their social order has to be interpreted in relation to the palio horse race, a festival which takes place biannually in Siena’s central square, and which is visited by a significant number of national and international tourists.
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Boos, T. (2017). The Contemporary Contrade of Siena. In: Inhabiting Cyberspace and Emerging Cyberplaces. Geographies of Media. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58454-6_5
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