Contrada de Girafa (Giraffe) (Siena)

Italy / Toscana / Siena
 invisible, town district, historic district

Giraffa is an affluent area of the city situated to the north-east of the Piazza del Campo. Traditionally, its residents were painters.

Giraffa has the title of contrada imperiale (imperial contrada). It was bestowed this title by King Vittorio Emanuele III when it won the palio in 1936, the year the race was dedicated to Italy's empire in East Africa.

INSIGNA — A giraffe leaded by a Moor and a ribbon with the inscription "Humbertus I dedit (devoted)".
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Coordinates:   43°19'16"N   11°20'4"E
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