A heritage that makes two cities kin

International Herald Tribune | December 10, 2005| | Copyright

Roderick Conway Morris
International Herald Tribune
12-10-2005
Visitors to this Tuscan hilltop town may be surprised to find it dotted with artistic representations statues on columns and on buildings of the she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, the archetypal symbol of Rome.Many cities and towns in Italy were founded by the Romans, but none claimed quite so emphatically a special relationship with the Eternal City. According to local legend, Siena was established by the sons of Remus, fleeing the persecution of their uncle after he had killed their father. The shield divided into fields of ...

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