Contrada della Chiocciola

Our trip to Sienna was an eventful one, aside form the weather, we we were each assigned a different contrada, or district in Sienna. There are 17 in total and I was assigned the district of the snail, Contrada della Chiocciola. Each district is represented by an animal and is very territorial. The buildings in the different contradas will have different elements representative of the district. Our goal was to wander the distric in search of the church, fountain, and horse stable. These elements are all unique in each district and there is a lot of pride and competition in having the best contrada in Sienna. The stable houses are used to house the horses for the annual horse races in the public square. Below are some photos of my district.

Here is a little more info on the contrada. Google will translate the page for you so you can read it in English.
http://www.contradadellachiocciola.it/