Tourist attractions Monte San Savino

This collection set up in the palace of Bruni-Ciocchi is made up of sculptures, gold and silver ware and paintings from the Middle ages - 19C by artists such as Guido da Siena, Luca Signorelli, Andrea Della Robbia, Vasari and representing the 19C the..

This square is surrounded by medieval houses with crenelated towers, the Romanesque apse of Santa Maria della Pieve church, Gothic and Renaissance palaces (like the palace of the lay brotherhood or palace of the Loggia, by Vasari). Here, many stooges..

This Romanesque Church topped by the campanile of "a hundred holes" (a name justified by its 40 gemeled windows), has a Pisan-style façade. You are sure to admire the symbols of the twelve months of the year that decorate the archivolt of t..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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..

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.

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 ..

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

In front of the church rises a graceful portico by the Florentine, Benedetto da Maiano (15C). The interior accommodates a marble retable by Andrea della Robbia, which frames a Virgin of the Misericord by Parri di Spinello.

This museum beside the Roman Amphitheatre accommodates collections of Roman and Etruscan statuettes in bronze dating from the 6-3BC, Greek vases and ceramics from the Hellenic and Roman ages.

This Gothic church dedicated to the Legend of the Holy Cross, as recounted by Jacques de Voragine accommodates a cycle of ten frescoes by Piero della Francesca completed between 1452 and 1466. The church is worth visiting for the frescoes alone, wh..

Painter, sculptor, architect and writer Giorgio Vasari born at Arezzo in 1511, was a rounded artist typical of the Renaissance... In 1540, he decorated the house with paintings by Tuscan Mannerists.

Running parallel to the façade of church Santa Maria della Pieve, this street bordered by palaces (such as Pretorio palace, which is decorated with the coats of arms of governors), Gothic towers and old houses is most charming.