Tourist guide of Italy
Siena

museums and galleries  cathedrals and churches  buildings and historical squares
 

Continuing toward the north, extending on three hills finds one of the cities with more charm of Italy, Siena, earth of excellent wines like Chianti, and of craft of great quality. The city this considered as one of the European capitals of the Gothic art. The best thing to be soaked of the magic of Siena is to walk the streets. For sure the visitor will feel as if has moved to a medieval authentic village with surprising and numerous treasures that this old establishment etrusco has known to conserve with true care.

 
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useums and galleries
 
  • Pinacoteca Nazionale
    • It houses a stupendous sample of the painting sienesa of the XII-XVII centuries. In the first plant works of Beccafumi, R. are exposed Manetti, Sodoma, Brescianino and Pinturicchio. In the second plant works of great importance like a Cruz policromada of the XII century, Altarpieces of the XII and XIII centuries, and works of Domenico are shown I gave Bartolo, Duccio, Simone Martini, Lippo Memmi, Bartolo gave Fredi and P. Lorenzetti, among other. In the third plant it highlights the Collection of Spannocchi that has authors' of the Italian, German school works, Flemish and of L. Lotto and Duero.

  • Museo Civico
    • It exhibits an excellent collection of cool airs that adorn the walls of their Gothic rooms as those of Simone Martini, Lorenzetti and Iacopo della Quercia. In the Room of the Council Florentine tapestries and gibelinos of the XVI, as well as fresh century of D. can be admired Beccafumi. Antecapilla and the Chapel are decorated with fresh of Tadeo I gave Bartolo. In the Room of Mapamondo the cool airs can be astonished of Healthy I gave Pietro, Vecchieta and the famous cool airs of Simone Martini. In the Room della it Grazes the allegorical cool airs "The Good Government" and "The Wrong Government" of A. they can be contemplated Lorenzetti that date of the years 1338-1340.

  • Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana
    • In the museum works of great importance like the 32 figures of "Maesta" of Duccio can be admired I gave Buoinsegna of the years 1308-1311, the Virgin's" "Nativity and a triptych painted by P. Lorenzetti or "Devout Agostino Novello" of Simone Martini.

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athedrals and churches
 
  • Duomo
    • Enormous construction of Gothic style, begun in the year 1150 and concluded in the year 1267, I didn't seize their decoration. In the years 1284-1296 the inferior part of the facade, it was had with marbles and the lengthening of the apse was work of Camaino I gave Crescentino. This work was interrupted and it served as base for the construction of Duomo Nuovo, of which eight grandiose arches were only built. Their main attractiveness are the Font, located under the apse of Duomo, built in the years 1316-1325; in the center of this is a baptismal pile of Iacopo della among other Quercia who received the collaboration to carry out it, of Donatello and Ghiberti.

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uildings and historical squares
 
  • Torre del Mangia,
    • Maybe the first thing that gets the traveler's attention, when arriving to Siena, be the 120 meters high of this tower built in the year 1348. The highest part was design of Lippo Memmi and you can consent to her going up the 503 steps with which it counts to enjoy a beautiful view of the city and its neighbourhood.

  • Libreria Piccolomini
    • It dates of 1492; in the interior they are been able to it admires some stupendous ones fresh and a good sample of choir books.

  • Piazza del Campo
    • With shell form and surrounded of old and beautiful palaces, towers and houses it is considered one of the most beautiful squares in Europe. It is also the ideal place to savor an expressed excellent coffee.