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The Piazza Salimbeni in Sienna, Italy is home to the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the oldest continuously operating bank in the world, and Tito Sarrocchi’s statue of the economist and politician Archdeacon Sallustio Bandini. The intersections of capital, architecture, public space, and works of art is the subject of this course. Original photograph by Pablo Saludes Rodil on flickr. Original photograph of the Badini sculpture used in the thumbnail by Paolo Perini on flickr.

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The Piazza Salimbeni in Sienna, Italy at night, showing the facade of the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena,Tito Sarrocchi’s statue of Sallustio Bandini, and several people, including a child on a bicycle.
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The Piazza Salimbeni in Sienna, Italy is home to the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the oldest continuously operating bank in the world, and Tito Sarrocchi’s statue of the economist and politician Archdeacon Sallustio Bandini. The intersections of capital, architecture, public space, and works of art is the subject of this course. (Original photograph by Pablo Saludes Rodil on flickr. Original photograph of the Badini sculpture used in the thumbnail by Paolo Perini on flickr.)
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Original photograph by Pablo Saludes Rodil on flickr. Original photograph of the Badini sculpture used in the thumbnail by Paolo Perini on flickr.
The Piazza Salimbeni in Sienna, Italy at night, showing the facade of the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena,Tito Sarrocchi’s statue of Sallustio Bandini, and several people, including a child on a bicycle.

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