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Baptismal fountain
The fountain was made by Giovanni di Cecco and moved to the cloister in 1379.
Basilica Cateriniana San Domenico
Capella di Santa Caterina. In the centre, there is Saint Catherine's head. Yes, her head.
Basilica Cateriniana San Domenico
I cannot find any data on this painting. Any ideas?
Diocesan Museum of Pienza - Palazzo Borgia
Madonna e angeli adoranti Gesu Bambino by Bernardino Fungai (1490)
La Madonna del pilastro
A copy of Madonna con Bambino by Sano di Petro, dating from the 15th century. It was given the name because the painting is on a pillar ...
Giotto's Campanile
These hexagonal panels depict (from left): Gionitus (Astronomy), the Art of Building, Medicine, and Hunting. By Andrea Pisano and his workshop, and Nino Pisano.
Detail
Detail of a lovely window grill.
Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
The Dome dates from the 12th century. Its 14th century interior is simply divine.
Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
Old Testament by Bartolo di Fredi (~1360).
Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
The ceiling was painted with lapis lazuli.
Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
New Testament by Barna da Siena and/or Lippo Memmi (~1345).
Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
The last judgement by Taddeo di Bartolo (1393). The lower part is Saint Sebastian by Benozzo Gozzoli (1465).
Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
The last judgement by Taddeo di Bartolo (1393). The hellish part.
Siena Cathedral
View of the Cathedral from Via Bruno Bonci.
Love will save the world
L'Amore salva il Mondo by Andrea Roggi (2017).
Siena Cathedral
Love will save the world
Detail of the statue by Andrea Roggi.
Basilica Cateriniana San Domenico
Now this is a wonderful window!
Piazza Salimbeni
The statue of Sallustio Bandini (1677-1760) by Tito Sarrocchi (1880). Bandini was an archdeacon, economist, and politician.
Loggia della mercanzia
Frescoes by Pastorino dei Pastorini (1549-1552).
Palazzo Pubblico
A statue in the courtyard of Palazzo Publico.
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
The dome is topped with Bernini's gilded lantern.
Siena Cathedral
Siena Cathedral
Pulpit by Nicola Pisano (1268). The panels narrate the Life of Christ and the central column shows Seven Liberal Arts: Grammar, Dialectica, Rhetoric, Philosophy, Arithmetic, Music, and Astronomy.
Siena Cathedral
Detail of Liberation of Bethulia, made in 1473 possibly by Urbano da Cortona. This is the story about Judith and Holofernes.
Siena Cathedral
One of the scenes on pulpit: Massacre of the Innocents
Siena Cathedral
A wonderful ceiling, but these heads are a bit creepy.
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
A detail of something. I cannot possibly remember where I took this picture.
Siena Cathedral
Detail of Pinturicchio's Mount of Wisdom (1505): Crates of Thebes who is throwing jewels into the sea.
Siena Cathedral
The divine interior of the Cathedral.
Siena Cathedral
The frescoes tell the story of cardinal Enea Silvio Piccolomini (Pope Pius II). These two are: Pius II canonizes Saint Catherine of Siena in 1461 and Pius II arrives in Ancona to launch the crusade.
Siena Cathedral
Floors in the Piccolomini Library.
Siena Cathedral
More interesting details on the ceiling of the Piccolomini Library.
Siena Cathedral
Piccolomini coat of arms: a blue cross with five crescent.
Siena Cathedral
Ceiling of the Piccolomini Library, painted by Pinturicchio (1503).
Siena Cathedral
Some details on the ceiling of Piccolomini Library.
Siena Cathedral
A lion on the exterior of the cathedral. I am a bit intrigued by his eyes...
Loggia della mercanzia
Frescoes by Lorenzo Rustici (1553-1563).
Loggia della mercanzia
Fonte Gaia
The first fountain was built in 1342, this one was made in 1419 by Jacopo della Quercia.
Fonte Gaia
The original statues are kept in a museum, these are some (old) copies.
Local graffiti
Mona Lisa... the Montalcino way.
Santa Maria Assunta
A wonderful ceiling!
Santa Maria Assunta
Madonna con Bambino e i Santi Agostino, Girolamo, Martino e Nicola by Matteo di Giovanni (1463).
Santa Maria Assunta
Palazzo Comunale
The entrance to the Palazzo Comunale.
Diocesan Museum of Pienza - Palazzo Borgia
Un giovane Bacco by Antonio Amorosi (figure) and Giovanni Paolo Spadino (grapes). Around 1725.
Diocesan Museum of Pienza - Palazzo Borgia
Crucifix from the end of the 12th century.
Diocesan Museum of Pienza - Palazzo Borgia
San Regolo by Domenico di Niccolo "Dei Cori" (1435).
Diocesan Museum of Pienza - Palazzo Borgia
Madonna col Bambino tra i Santi Biagio, Giovanni Battista, Nicola e Floriano by Lorenzo di Pietro - Vecchietta (1465).
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).
:-)
Two doggos watching the Florence Cathedral.
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
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.
Giotto's Campanile
Daedalus by Andrea Pisano. Here I can actually understand why the marble is called 'green'.
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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).
Detail
Street lamps in Florence have very interesting bases ;-) Oh, and they are of course three-legged.
Palazzo Vecchio
This court is full of Austrian towns, painted in 1565 by Giorgio Vasari for the wedding celebration of Francesco I de' Medici to Archduchess Johanna of Austria. This is obviously Vienna, with Stephansdom.
Palazzo Vecchio
Another one of the many Austrian towns: Graz.
Fountain of Neptune
Designed by Baccio Bandinelli and created by Bartolomeo Ammannati between 1560 and 1574.

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