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Siena Cathedral
View of the Cathedral from Via Bruno Bonci. -
Siena Cathedral
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Loggia della mercanzia
Frescoes by Pastorino dei Pastorini (1549-1552). -
Siena Cathedral
She-wolf of Siena, surrounded with emblems of confederate cities, dating from 1373. -
Siena Cathedral
Detail of Pinturicchio's Mount of Wisdom (1505): Fortuna, holding a horn of plenty and a wind-swollen sail. She, standing on a sphere and a boat with a broken mast, brought the wise men to the island. -
Siena Cathedral
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Siena Cathedral
The Hellespontine Sibyl (detail) by Neroccio di Bartolomeo. She was known for her prediction of Crucifixion. The wolf and the lion represent Siena and Florence. -
Siena Cathedral
The divine interior of the Cathedral. -
Siena Cathedral
Floors in the Piccolomini Library. -
Santa Maria Assunta
A wonderful ceiling! -
Palazzo Comunale
The entrance to the Palazzo Comunale. -
Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
One of the many sails on the facade, which was added to the church in 1456–1470. -
Giovanni delle Bande Nere
Giovanni delle Bande Nere (1498–1526) was the father of Cosimo I de Medici. The statue is by Baccio Bandinelli (1560). -
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
The cathedral was built between 1296 and 1436, but the facade was added 1887. I feel like I have been lied to. -
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore
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Giotto's Campanile
Giotto stared building this tower in 1334. He combined white marble from Carrara, green marble from Prato, and red marble from Siena. The tower was completed in 1359. -
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Fountain of Neptune
Designed by Baccio Bandinelli and created by Bartolomeo Ammannati between 1560 and 1574. -
Palazzo Vecchio
A lion in the Palazzo Vecchio. No, this time we didn't enter it, just walked around the palace a bit. -
Palazzo Vecchio
Officially, such decorations are called grotesque. -
Palazzo Vecchio
Grotesque or not, I like them a lot. -
David, of course
A copy of Michelangelo's David. The original (1504) was moved to Galleria dell'Accademia in 1873. -
Hercules and Cacus
Hercules and Cacus by Baccio Bandinelli (1525-1534). -
Medusa
Medusa's head from the statue Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini (1545-1554) located in the Loggia dei Lanzi. -
Rape/kidnapping of the Sabine Women
English wikipedia: Rape, also known as kidnapping. Slovenian wikipedia: Kidnapping, also known as rape. Oh well. By Giambologna (1583). -
Fountain of Neptune
Designed by Baccio Bandinelli and created by Bartolomeo Ammannati between 1560 and 1574.