Searching for Locations: Siena, Italy

The European Vaccination Centre (Ehv) has been inaugurated in Siena to “accelerate the development of a vaccine in less than four months from the identification of the genomic sequence of a pathogen”. This was announced by the European Commission. The hub “will bring together investments in vaccine research and development funded at national level at EU level” and “will be made up of a consortium of leading European organisations in vaccine deve…

Searching for locations: Siena, Italy

The Piazza del Campo is one of the greatest medieval squares in Europe. It is shaped like a shell. This is where the Palazzo Publico and the Torre del Mangia are. At 102 meters (334 feet), the bell tower is the city’s second tallest structure. When it was built in 1848 it was the exact same height of the Duomo to show that the state and church had equal amounts of power. Around the edges of the Piazza are a lot of restaurants, where you can sit …