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Piazza del Campo 
Piazza del Campo I - 53100 Siena
Architecture, castles and historic districts
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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..
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Public Palace
Piazza del Campo I - 53100 Siena
Architecture, castles and historic districts
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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..
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Duomo Santa Maria Assunta
Piazza del Duomo I - 53100 Siena
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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..
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Art gallery
Casato di Sopra I - 53100 Siena
Museums and art
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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..
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Museo del Opera Metropolitana 
Piazza del Duomo I - 53100 Siena
Museums and art
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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..
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Castello di Brolio
I - 53013 Gaiole in Chianti
Architecture, castles and historic districts
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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..
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Poggio Civitate Archaeological Museum and Antiquarium
Piazza della Cattedrale I - 53100 Murlo
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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..
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Il Chianti
I - 53017 Radda in Chianti
Nature and gardens
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Rolling hills, vineyards, tiny walled towns, abbeys and castles all abound in the Chianti region, which is situated between Florence and Siena and whose wine has earned itself a worldwide reputation. A trip to the region would not be complete without..
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Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey
Via Abbazia 1 I - 53020 Chiusure
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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..
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San Galgano Abbey
I - 53012 Palazetto
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Both abbey and hermitage were founded by Galgano Guidotti from the nearby town of Chiusdino. San Galgano consists of the impressive, open-air ruins which are all that remain of the Romanesque-Gothic abbey built by Cistercian monks between 1224 and ..
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Piazza della Citerna
Piazza della Cisterna I - 53037 San Gimignano
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The square is paved with bricks in a herringbone pattern and is flanked by old houses built in the 13C and 14 C and by the tower of the Devil the twin towers of the Ardinghelli, the main Guelph family in the town. The square owes its name to its cent..
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Piazza del Duomo
Piazza del Duomo I - 53037 San Gimignano
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This square is reached through the Piazza della Cisterna . There are old palaces, seven towers and the sober collegiate church, giving this square a majestic appearance, almost solemn yet imbued with a Tuscan serenity: is it the light, the ochre col..
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Fortress
Piazzale della Fortezza I - 53024 Montalcino
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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..
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Collegiata
Via Dante Alighieri I - 53027 San Quirico d'Orcia
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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..
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Piazza dei Priori
Piazza dei Priori I - 56048 Volterra
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At the heart of the town, sober and austere palaces surround this square; inset with twin bays, the Palazzo Pretorio stands alongside a massive crenellated tower, which earned its nickname of Torre del Porcellino (piglet tower) on account of the ..
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Cathedral
Piazza Garibaldi I - 58024 Massa Marittima
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This majestic building surrounded by blind arcades, in a Pisan Romanesque style. Its façade and present-day look is attributed to Giovanni Pisano (1287). Its beautiful campanile surmounted by four pinnacles has windows inset. The façade is decorate..
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Piazza Garibaldi
Piazza Garibaldi I - 58024 Massa Marittima
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This square with a strong medieval look to it, is surrounded by three Romanesque constructions, namely the Palace of the Podestat with gemeled windows set into it, the Communal palace , crowned with merlons, and the cathedral .
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Piccolomini Palace 
V. Banchi di Sotto I - 53100 Siena
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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..
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Via Banchi di Sopra
V. Banchi di Sotto I - 53100 Siena
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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 ..
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St John's Baptistry
Piazza S. - Giovanni I - 53100 Siena
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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..
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