Tourist attractions Siena

This is one of the world’s most famous squares, composed of a series of monuments in unsurpassed harmony. This slightly sloping “shell” or “fan” in pink and white tones is a fine example of those “open-air drawing rooms” which are such a glory of Ita..

This is one of the most attractive civil buildings in Italy. Its harmonious and light size is dominated by the elegant Mangia tower from which there is an admirable view over Siena and over the countryside. On a visit to the apartments you will see s..

Begun in 1339, the original plan for this cathedral was vast but only free-standing pillars give an impression of how vast; the actual structure makes up but one transept of the original design. It is however magnificent; the façade, a harmony of mar..

This museum will take you on a fabulous journey through four centuries of Siena painting, from the first Primitives, much marked by the priestly manner of the Byzantine style by Sodoma , grand master of Siena painting from the 16C and, even if the t..

On each side of the gallery of the museum, installed behind the walled arcades of what was to be a transept of the cathedral, are statues by Giovanni Pisano which once adorned the cathedral façade: prophets, wise men and the sibyl are depicted here w..

This grand crenellated castle has belonged to the Ricasoli family since 1141. Dismantled in 1478, it was rebuilt in 1484 by the Florentines, and its fortifications are thought to be an early work of Giuliano da Sangallo. You can go within the surroun..

Looking down from one side of the Piazza del Campo, on the other side on to the via Banchi di Sotto, this attractive Florentine style palace, which today contains the archives of Siena, was built by Bernardo Rossellino, the architect of the Ruccellai..

This is an extension of the Via di Citta and like it, it surrounds the palaces on the Piazza del Campo. There is the rear facade of the Piccolomini palace , in white stone, probably by the Florentine architect Bernardo Rosselino, which contains the ..

Below the level of the cathedral, this dates from the start of the 14C and its white marble facade, in a Gothic style harsher even than the cathedral's, was never finished. Inside, the baptismal fonts made up of a hexagonal vessel adorned with bron..

Its construction date (early 13C) makes this the oldest private palace in Siena. It has a stone façade, austere yet elegant with two storeys of twin Gothic windows over a ground floor of exceptional height. The King of Naples, Robert of Anjou, stayed..

This very attractive street links the cathedral square with that of the Four Cantons and is decorated with the Chigi alla Postieria palace (16 C) and the palace of the Captain of Justice , dating from the end of the 13 C, an attractive, Gothic bui..

Flanked by the long facade de the hospital, by the neo-Gothic palace of the Archbishop and by the Prefecture, this square is dominated by the famous Cathedral which is adorned with two coloured marble stripes and which the people of Siena wished to..

Along with the Via Banchi di Sopra this is the main commercial street of old Siena. It is pedestrianised with flagstones and no pavements and is flanked by remarkable palaces and runs round the Piazza del Campo.

This noble square is enclosed on three sides by three buildings whose architecture is of three distinct styles: Gothic in the Salimbeni palace; Florentine Renaissance in the Spannochi palace; then late Renaissance in the Tantucci palace. This trilogy..

This entirely brick fountain is the oldest in the town and is architecturally interesting. It refreshed the locals right back in 1080 but it was in 1246 that it took on its present form so typical of Siena.

This attractive palace was built in the middle of the 15C in impressive red brick and brings to mind the People's Palace. It contains the fabulous art gallery of Siena.

St Catherine lived not far from here. This convent church was therefore the ideal place to have her ecstasies and quickly return home before the powerful and harsh setting could put her off. In the chapel "delle volte", above the altar, i..

This was built at the request of Pius II, the Pope of the Piccolomini family, hence its name, and has large Renaissance arcades supported by Corinthian columns.

This narrow street on a steep slope is flanked by old brick houses inset with furtive openings. This is Siena in the Middle Ages!

Bernardine founded this monastery on the top of a hill from the view over Siena is very attractive belle. The basilica was destroyed in 1944 and has now been restored to its original state. In the monastery, there is St Bernardine's cell and the cast..