Siena is a UNESCO world heritage site and this itinerary takes the visitor through its most important sites to gain a general impression of the city. From the Basilica of Saint Dominic, where Saint Catherine relics have been revered for centuries, we go along the old Francigena road, the backbone of medieval Siena. We see the headquarters of Monte dei Paschi, the oldest bank in Europe, Tolomei square and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption which is a superb example of gothic architecture with rich art patrimony left by artists such as Michelangelo, Donatello, Bernini and Nicola and Giovanni Pisano. There is also a short visit to the Chiagiana Music Academy. The natural end to our itinerary is the famous Campo square. Its special shape encompasses the visitor thereby inviting him to memorise the experience of a journey through time.

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This itinerary has been prepared for people who already know Siena or for those who wish to see more than just the famous monuments. This walking tour takes them along a wonderful labyrinth of little streets, and to fountains, fortified houses, towers once inhabited by noble families and tiny squares that keep the ancient history of the town unchanged. Untouched lanes as well as less famous churches are to be visited with their rich masterpieces, like Saint Mary of Servites or Saint Martin. The walls and fabric of the old city are vibrant with its hidden traces of arts and crafts from the past. Anecdotes, mysteries, curiosities, forgotten stories and important characters come alive in this tour for a really different history of Siena.

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Possibility of combining both the Classical Siena tour and the Secret Siena walk

This town jealously keeps its major treasures in its beautiful palaces. To discover them we have to follow a cultural itinerary through the museums where 14th to 18th century Sienese art is preserved. It is possible to create an itinerary with visits to one or several museums.

- Around the building of the Cathedral

This walk includes the Cathedral with the Piccolomini Library, the Crypt with its 13th century frescoes, and the very beautiful Baptistery, dating back to the 15th century, where Iacopo della Quercia, Donatello and Ghiberti worked together. At the Museum of the Opera the precious glass window by Duccio with his superb Maesta painted in 1311 are to be found.

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- From the ancient heart of Siena to its Commune pride

This itinerary includes a visit to the oldest western hospital, Saint Mary of the Ladder that was formerly a shelter for thousands of pilgrims. Nowadays its evocative vaults host the local Archaeological Museum. The most famous frescoes of the European Middle-Ages and the civic virtues of the 14th century are to be seen at the Civic Museum. This walk comprises the treasures of the National Picture Gallery (Pinacoteca Nazionale).

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Solo per 2 mesi e mezzo l’anno è possibile ammirare per intero lo straordinario pavimento del Duomo di Siena, parzialmente coperto il resto del tempo per salvarlo da un inevitabile degrado. Vi invitiamo ad unirci a noi per camminare su questo tappeto di marmo e scoprire le storie del Vecchio Testamento, le profezie delle Sibille, le allegorie e le rappresentazioni proprie della cultura occidentale. La conoscenza dell’iconografia cristiana è indispensabile per “leggere” le storie che si trovano nei nostri luoghi sacri sia da un punto di vista religioso, che assolutamente laico. Analizzeremo anche altre opere d’arte come il duecentesco pulpito di Nicola Pisano con storie del Nuovo Testamento.

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Since the latter part of the 14th century St. Catherine’s head has been kept in the church of St. Dominic. The chapel of the vaults, in this same church, has been the theatre of some of her mystic miracles. Catherine was born into a family of dyers nearby the church. Nowadays some Dominican nuns take care of her Sanctuary with its oratories and the very old Crucifix from which she got the stigmata. Here, on request, the Holy Mass can be said.

St. Francesco is another important Basilica belonging to the mendicant orders. Shaped like a T, it is made up of one spacious nave with a wooden roof which was seriously damaged by a fire in the 17th century. Luckily some wonderful frescos of the transept by Lorenzetti have survived. Some 18th century Holy Hosts are still visible in one of its side chapels.

This walk includes the visit to the Cathedral dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption with its Votive Chapel, and then a pilgrimage outside the city walls to the nearby Basilica of Observant. This is where St. Bernardino of Siena founded the observant Franciscan movement in the 15th century.

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