Tourist attractions San Quirico d'Orcia

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..

Standing at the entrance to the town, the high walls and five polygonal towers of this 14C fortress are remarkably well preserved. A parapet walk offers strollers wide-reaching views of the city. The keep is no longer lodgings for officers and noblem..

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..

Below the town, this masterpiece by Sangallo the Elder was inaugurated in 1529 by the Pope Clement VII. Influenced by the plans of Bramante for the reconstruction of St Peter's, the edifice revisits the idea of a square plan in the form of a Greek ..

At the political and religious heart of Montepulciano, this square of medieval origin (but remodelled in the Renaissance) with its irregular layout and façades in various styles, makes for a harmonious architectural ensemble.

The Town Hall, which stands on the aptly named People's Square, consists of a 13C palace, surmounted by a belfry and flanked by a handsome 14C-15C arcaded loggia.

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.

With its top of two lions bearing the shield of the Medicis, this well does not lack attraction!

This Gothic palace decorated with machicolations, crenelated and with an attractive square tower, was rebuilt in the 15 C by Michelozzo. From the top of the tower, the panoramic view over the town, the surrounding area and the Tuscan countryside is..

This majestic Renaissance palace, attributed to Sangallo the Older , comprises a portico and a large doorway with semicircular arches. Six Ionic columns support the pilasters on the upper floor where a loggia is laid out. To the left of the doorway ..

This former volcano, which reaches 1738 m at its highest point, is the highest Tuscan mountain south of the River Arno and feeds many rivers including the Sienna and the Grosseto. Its slopes, covered lower down by vines and olive trees give way to a ..

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..

The River Orcia runs south of San Quirico through a typically Tuscan landscape (the countryside presents a picture of undulating hillsides dotted with clumps of cypress trees). The via Francigena, used by pilgrims and merchants in the Middle Ages, ..

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.

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.

This fortress owes its name to Tignoso di Tintinnano, a local lord who had it built. All that remains of the original fortress is the huge tower. Although badly damaged by the passage of time, it was restored and the missing sections were replaced by..

Little remains of the fortress built in the Middle Ages by the Aldobrandeschi, a prominent Florentine family, also known as the Aldobrandini. From the esplanade above the outer wall, climb up the steps and admire the panoramic view over the Orcia Val..

The square is triangular in shape and its sloping surface is paved with large pebbles and bricks. In its centre stands a travertine well (limestone rock). The square was named after the painter Lorenzo di Pietro, known as the Vecchietta, who is said ..

It contains paintings from the Siena School (14C-15C), Flemish tapestries and a 14C panel of 48 painted compartments depicting scenes from the life of Christ, as well as an amazing historiated cope, also from the 14C, offered to Pope Pius by an easte..

Much inspired by the Palazzo Rucellai in Florence, this is Rossellino’s masterpiece. Inside there is the armoury, the library with early printed books and the Papal chamber with a Baroque bed. If the three sides facing the town are similar and in har..