Palazzo Pubblico is dominated by the soaring tower, the Torre del Mangia, around 102 meters high and built between 1338 and 1348. The name is derived from the nickname of the first bell-ringer, Giovanni di Duccio, who was known as il Mangiaguadagni, […]
Near the Logge del Papa is the church of San Martino, raised in 1537 by Giovan Battista Pelori and distinguished by the imposing mannerist façade, due to the Ticinese Giovanni Fontana, active in Rome, who designed it in 1613. The […]
Porta Pìspini is an impressive, powerful 14th century structure, modeled on Porta Romana and similarly made up of two parts, the actual gateway and an inside defensive gate. Beyond this, along Via Baldassarre Peruzzi, you will find the Bastion of San Viene, […]
The imposing red-brick Palazzo Sansedoni is another of the majestic buildings facing the Campo. What you see, however, is a reconstruction from the early 18th century of the preceding 14th century building. Like the elevation of the side wings of Palazzo Pubblico, […]
This building is the Town Hall of Sienna and provides a symbol of the city’s freedom. Its construction in the Gothic style began in 1288 and continued until 1310. Additions were made during the 14th century, but the most important occurred in […]
From Piazza Tolomei, go to the intersection of the street named Banchi di Sopra and Via di Città. In the Middle Ages, this was called the “Croce del Travaglio”, or the crossroad of labor, because it used to be blocked […]
Though the original church of Santa Maria dei Servi goes back to the end of the 13th century, it was enlarged in the following century, and then radically reconstructed between 1471 and 1528 to include three naves, in accordance with the Renaissance […]