Palazzo Sansedoni Architecture in Piazza del Campo Siena
by Ramona Matei
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Palazzo Sansedoni Architecture in Piazza del Campo Siena
Artist
Ramona Matei
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Palazzo Sansedoni Architecture in Piazza del Campo Siena black and white by ©Ramona Matei.
Palazzo Sansedoni with the rhomboid tower stands in the northwest edge of Piazza del Campo in Siena. The Palazzi Signorili that line the Campo belonged to the wealthiest families, which were the Sansedoni, the Piccolomini and the Saracini. In contrast to earlier tower houses, the palazzi signorili that line the Piazza del Campo in Siena have unified rooflines.
Palazzo Sansedoni was originally several private homes that were integrated in one palace over the course of a century. It belonged to one of Siena’s leading aristocratic dynasties during the Middle Ages. Beato Ambrogio Sansedoni, who lived from 1220 to 1286, was a major player on the political and social scene, and his exceptional talents as a speaker and crowd-mover were admired across Italy. Inside the palazzo the chapel of the Beato Ambrogio you’ll find one of Siena’s finest examples of baroque decoration. Some sources report the unusual rhomboid tower in the middle of the building was truncated in order to not appear taller than the Torre del Mangia.
Piazza del Campo in Siena was established as a marketplace on a sloping site near the meeting point of the three hillside communities in the 12th century. In front of Palazzo Pubblico the shell-shaped piazza was paved in 1349 in a red brick fishbone pattern divided into ten sections by lines of travertine. The nine lines radiate from the mouth of the central water drain in front of Palazzo Publico. The number of divisions were said to reflect the rule of the IX merchantile-banching oligarchy that ruled Siena between 1287-1355. In spiritual terms the sections were said to resemble the folds in cloak of Virgin Mary, who was considered the “ultimate ruler” of Siena.
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