Tuscan countryside

The views from my window in the last posts were from a villa in the countryside near Siena. We explored San Galgano named for a medieval saint. There is a chapel with a sword in a stone (really) and the ruins of an abbey.  We hiked a portion of the Via Francigena, a pilgrim route from France to Rome. The next day we went to Siena.  Our guided tour included a visit to a Contrada museum and church. Siena is divided into 17 neighborhoods called contradas. Our guide was a member of the Forest contradas so we were able to go behind the scene to visit their museum. The symbol for the Forest contradas is a rhinoceros in front of a tree.