Tourist attractions Sinalunga

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.

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 ..

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..

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 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 ..

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

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 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..

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 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..

This church has an attractive Renaissance facade designed in the 15C by Michelozzo from Florence. Opposite notice the jack-of-the-clock on the tower; it is Punch!

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 design of this attractive end of the Renaissance palace (16 C) is attributed to the architect Vignola.

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..

This work by Antonio Sangallo the Older is a fine example of the Florentine Renaissance style, with its bossages and curvilinear or rectangular facades.

It has an attractive collection of varnished terracottas by Andrea Della Robbia , Etruscan remains and paintings from the 13 to18 C