Tourist attractions Asciano

The rose-coloured buildings of the mother-house of the Olivetians, a congegration founded in 1313, stands on a hillside among a landscape of cypress trees. Do not miss the great cloisters decorated with a series of frescoes by Luca Signorelli and..

This square was one of the first examples of urban planning and around it are the main monuments of the city, built by the architect Bernardino Rossellino at the request of Pope Pius II. The principle? The conception of such a type of architectural..

In addition to the gold and silver ware and liturgical decorations from the Buonconvento and Val d'Arbia regions, the museum also exhibits and interesting group of paintings from the Sienna school from the 14-17C.

This 12C Romanesque church built entirely of travertine has a gothic façade fronted by a large staircase leading up to it. Inside, a diaphragm arch separates the single, exposed-frame nave from the transept crossing, crowned by a beautiful cupola on ..

This museum is dedicated to the work of Amos Cassioli (1832-1892) and his son Giuseppe (1865-1942). The premier gained some notoriety as a portraitist and historic painter.

Set up in the small Church San Bernardino, this museum accommodates objects from Poggio Pinci , a neighbouring Etruscan necropolis.

This museum houses a collection of paintings and sculptures from the Sienna of the 14-15C, some of which are works by Taddeo di Bartolo, Sasseta and Ambrogio Lorenzetti.

A beautifully designed staircase, which starts off concave to become convex to the bewilderment of onlookers, stands in front of the 16C collegiate church of San Michele. Inside the church, the barrel vaulting is highlighted by pietra serena , a gre..

The museum is located on the ground floor of the town hall, the façade of which is covered in coats of arms. The museum houses a collection of 13C-15C Sienese paintings. Its claim to fame is, however, a remarkable gold gem-encrusted reliquary, produc..

The façade of this church overlooking the village square reveals a harmonious frontage of black and white alternating stone. The lintel of the carved doorway is eye-catching because it consists not of the usual single horizontal block, but of several..

Poggio Civitate’s Etruscan villa provides a valuable insight into ancient domestic architecture, notably the roof structure which remains almost intact and is on show in the museim; note its rich ornamentation adorned with 1.50m-high statues, includi..

The square, which is near to the Porta Fiorentina, is marked by an obelisk erected in 1644. The modest 17C church of Santa Chiara is next to the old keep, which was built by the Sienese in 1383. It contains two examples of terracotta ware by the lo..

According to the locals, Sansovino was the author of this elegant edifice. Whether true or false, the lines of its Corinthian capitals never fail to impress, all the more so as they are emphasised by the use of pietra serena , a blue-grey stone from..

Built by Sangallo the Elder between 1515 and 1517, this building standing opposite the Loggia dei Mercanti is today the seat of the town hall. The upper piano nobile floor has windows surmounted by alternating rounded and rectangular pediments. The..

It is not always easy to decide whether this church is Romanesque or Baroque. Architecturally, its single nave is unmistakably Romanesque, but it was redecorated at the height of Baroque style in the 17C-18C. The tomb immediately to the left of the m..

This 14C church (extended in the 16C-17C) is decorated by a fine Gothic doorway. The rose window was designed by Guillaume de Marcillat (1467-1539), a French master glassworker, who originally came to Italy to work in the Vatican before settling in A..

The 16C church of this sanctuary dedicated to Mary incorporates the chancel of an earlier Romanesque edifice. It has thereby ensured that a fresco of the Assumption in the apse and the Virgin altarpiece by Margaritone of Arezzo (13C) could both b..

Despite its poor repair, the past majesty of this 17C palace is still apparent. The disposition of the doors, windows and the coats of arms of the Chigi and the Della Rovere families bear witness to its former glory.

From the outside, this 13C gate resembles a polygonal tower. It opens into a narrow, medieval street (via Poliziano) off of which lead vaulted passageways.

This admirable Romanesque-Gothic collegiate church was built in the 12C-13C. The elegant but simple façade features a magnificent Romanesque portal over which is a rose window. Note the two Gothic portals on the right-hand side of the church and in..