Siena Things to Do

There is a Templar church in nearly all the cities that date from the Middle Ages. This church is in Siena and existed before the year 1000. It has a single nave and the façade has traces of restoration work probably from the 1... more

Siena is not completely and irremediably Gothic in style. The proof is this Baroque construction, although it is somewhat restrained by Baroque standards and is clearly affected by classical canons. The bell-tower, however, is... more

Built as a votive offering at the end of the plague in 1348, in keeping with the faith of the time when medicine was scarce, this chapel has the appearance of an open loggia and it is decorated with statues. The two panels show... more

This church is now known as Fontegiusta and it is the late 15th century work of two natives of Como, which was not so unusual for Tuscany. However, it is not the architecture that captures the visitors attention, but a fresco o... more

Illustrious Physiocritical academics include Linneo, Algarotti, Spallanzani, Beccari, Volta, Paolo Mascagni, Koch and Louis Pasteur, just to give an idea of the scientific level involved. The museum offers a cross section of Tu... more

The façade is modern in that it was completed in the mid-19th Century. Then you enter and find remains of the past in the Baroque altars and the basic lines of its original 14th-century roots. In the first half of the 14th Cent... more

A visit to this 13th-century building would be much more enjoyable if the restorations that took place in the middle of the last century had been less invasive. A kind of uniformity has eliminated the differences in the periods... more

With an excellent selection, patrons can enjoy a number of movies at reasonable prices. Whether it is a blockbuster or a lesser known film, feel free to accompany your experience with popcorn, candy, and refreshments from the s... more

It is difficult to imagine, that when this monastery was first built (in the middle of the 18th Century), that the Carmelite monks could ever have conceived that it would eventually be used as a university. However, this is exa... more

The history of this oratory, built on the wishes of the Bishop of Pienza, is a strange one. It was originally located in the Malavolti castle consisting of houses and towers but the houses were turned into a nobleman's palace i... more