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Take a look at :
http://www.sienanet.it/palio/contrade.htm
, http://www.sienanet.it/palio/contrade/civetta/civetta.htm
and http://www.comune.siena.it/palio/contrade.htm
.
The Palio is explained, and all the flags are illustrated.
T.F. Mills
I got Siena Palio images from a postcard series copyright ca.
1955. The flags from the postcards are the main standards of the
contrade (districts). These are not the throwing versions,
which appear to be much less elaborate. There is also some
evidence that there is no fixed pattern for these flags, and that
they may evolve with the fashions of the times.
T.F. Mills 24 July 1999