Cathedral of Siena - Cathedral of the Assumption

Siena Cathedral (Duomo di Siena) is a medieval church dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta (Holy Mary, Our Lady of the Assumption).
The cathedral itself was originally...

Baptistery of St. John

The Battistero di San Giovanni  (Italian: "Baptistry of St. John") is a religious building in Siena, Italy. It is located in the square with the same name, near the final spans of the choir of the city's cathedral.
It was built between 1316...

Palazzo Pubblico

The Palazzo Pubblico (town hall) construction began in 1297 and its original purpose was to house the republican government, consisting of the Podestà and Council of Nine.

The outside of the structure is an example of Italian medieval...

Torre del Mangia

After the tower in Pisa, it is without doubt the most easily recognised tower in Tuscany, indeed in the whole of Italy. 

It was named after Giovanni di Balduccio, nicknamed ''il Mangia'' or ''Mangiaguadagni'' because of his combination of...

National Picture Gallery

In 1915 the Sienese aristocrat Niccolò Bonsignori left his palace to the council for the establishment of a museum. This is now one of the most important pinacotecas or picture galleries in Italy for the richness, variety and quality of its...

Santa Maria della Scala - Archaeological Museum

Santa Maria della Scala, one of the oldest buildings originally used as a hospital in Europe. However for some time now has given up its sanitary functions and is subject of an important renovation work for museum and cultural use. This large...

Civic Museum (at Palazzo Pubblico)

The Palazzo Pubblico (town hall) is a palace in Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. Construction began in 1297 and its original purpose was to house the republican government, consisting of the Podestà and Council of Nine.
The outside of the...

Piazza del Campo

This piazza is the heart of Siena. This site revolutionized the idea of the medieval Italian piazza, having no spatial restrictions or conventional shape nor any symbolic balance of secular and religious power.


Conceived on a fragile...

Source Gaia

The Fonte Gaia is a monumental fountain located in the Piazza del Campo, in the center of Siena.
It was first competed in 1342, after much hydraulic construction led water to the site. Underground pipes brought water to the site from 25...

Basilica of San Domenico

The Basilica of San Domenico, also known as Basilica Cateriniana, is one of the most important churches in the city.
The church was begun in 1226-1265, but was enlarged in the 14th century resulting in the Gothic appearance it has now....

Metropolitan Opera Museum

Palazzo Piccolomini and the Papesse

Palazzo Piccolomini-delle Papesse was built at the behest of Pope Pius II's sister, Caterina Piccolomini (hence the name "delle Papesse"), in 1460, likely based on a design by the pontiff's favorite architect, Bernardo Rossellino. It was...

Santa Caterina's Sanctuary

Oratory of San Bernardino

Botanical Garden

The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Siena (2.5 hectares) is a botanical garden operated by the University of Siena. 
The garden's history reaches back to 1588 when the university began to raise medicinal herbs. In 1756 the field of herbal...

Piazza del Duomo

Medicean fortress

Siena’s  Fortezza Medicea (the Medici Fortress sometimes called the Fort of Saint Barbara) is a fort built in the city between 1561 and 1563 on the orders of Duke Cosimo, a few years before he became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany.
The...

Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art (at the Oratory of San Bernardino)

The Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art of Siena, located in the Oratory of San Bernardino and in the connected premises, was established in 1980, at the behest of Archbishop Mario Jsmaele Castellano (1961 - 1989) to preserve, enhance and promote the...

Loggia della Mercanzia

Pope's Loggia

The Logge del Papa are located next to the church of San Martino. Built in 1462 by the Sienese architect Antonio Federighi, they were commissioned by Pope Pius II (a native of Corsignano, now Pienza, near Siena), who donated them to his...

Fontebranda

Chapel of the Square

Palace of the Magnificent

Palazzo del Magnifico, also known as Palazzo Petrucci, built as the residence of Pandolfo Petrucci, is located in Piazza San Giovanni at the corner of Via dei Pellegrini.

Pandolfo Petrucci was a rich Sienese aristocrat and effectively...

Church of Sant'Agostino

The construction of the church and its associated convent began in 1258 and lasted for more than fifty years. Other renovations and reconstructions were carried out in the following centuries. The church had a major fire in 1747. The interior,...

Basilica of St. Francis

San Francesco is a basilica church erected in c. 1228-1255 and later enlarged in the 14th-15th centuries, the original Romanesque edifice being turned into the current large Gothic one.

The basilica is on a Egyptian Cross plan, with a nave...

Basilica of St. Clement in Santa Maria dei Servi

The Church of Santa Maria dei Servi, formally known as the Church of San Clemente, is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy. 
The church is built on the site of the former Church of San Clement, which was acquired by the...

Palazzo Chigi-Saracini

The Palazzo Chigi-Saracini is a historical palace in Siena that houses the Accademia Musicale Chigiana.
It was built by the Marescotti family in the 12th century. It was the house of Count Galgano Lucarini Saracini and then it became property...

Palazzo Salimbeni

Palazzo Salimbeni is a historical building which currently houses the seat of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank.

It was built in  the 14th century, likely above pre-existing 12th-13th century structures. In the 19th century it was...

Church of Santo Spirito

Santo Spirito is a church whose current edifice is largely a reconstruction from 1498-1504. 
It has a notable Renaissance portal by Baldassarre Peruzzi, while the interior houses numerous artworks. These include works by Il Sodoma in the...

Church of St. Peter the Magion

San Pietro alla Magione is an ancient church: documents attest at the site since 998. It is built in stone, and preceded by a stairs and a Romanesque bell portal. The austere interior was restored in 1957 and contains a Gothic tabernacle from the...

Osservanza Basilica

Church built around 1490, probably designed by Francesco di Giorgio. It was expanded between 1495 and 1496 by Magnifico Despota Pandolfo Petrucci.
Built in the Renaissance style, the original complex was damaged during the Siege of Siena in...

Church of San Giorgio

San Giorgio is a church built with donations from the Battle of Montaperti. Soldiers in the Sienese army used part of their pay to found the church for they had called on Saint George for help as their battle-cry during the battle.

Of the...

Church of Santo Stefano alla Lizza

Santo Stefano alla Lizza was a church belonging to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino. Deconsecrated, it is used today as a meeting room and concerts.
A Romanesque style building documented to exist since...

Church of San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta

San Sebastiano in Vallepiata is an ancient church facing piazzetta della Selva, in the Contrada della Selva.
Church construction began in 1492 and completed in 1656. The interior is frescoed by 16th century painters, depicting Dream of St...

Oratory of San Rocco

The Oratory of San Rocco is a small religious building, property of the Contrada della Lupa, a ward in north Siena, since 1789. The brick façade has an oculus with a 16th-century statue of St Roch, and a travertine marble tympanum. 

The...

Church of San Raimondo

San Raimondo church was built from 1596 by will of the Sienese noble Aurelio Chigi. In 1660, Pope Alexander VII (a Chigi) commissioned from the city's architect, Benedetto Giovannelli, a new marble façade, which is in three classicist-style...

Church of St. Peter at Scale

The church of San Pietro alle Scale is an ancient church on via San Pietro in Siena, Italy. The building was originally a 12th-century structure, altered starting in the 17th century; the brick facade has a portal with a depiction of St Peter in...

Church of San Gaetano di Thiene

The narrow church or oratory of San Gaetano di Thiene is located in the middle of via dei Pispini. The oratory of the aristocratic Contrada del Nicchio (Sea-shell) was built from 1683-1700 . The simple façade sports a large stucco seashell over...

Church of San Martino

Known from the 12th century, the church of San Martino was enlarged and renovated in the 16th century. The façade was built in 1613 and the bell tower completed in 1738.

The interior, in the counterfaçade, has an Immaculate Conception...

Siena Station

2 kilometers from the city center (5 minutes by bus), the railway station of Siena is the main railway station in the city. It serves about 2.5 million people a year. It was inaugurated on November 25, 1935.