Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Siena, Italy
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Experience Siena in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in SienaIndividual Sights in SienaSight 1: Basilica di San Francesco
![Basilica di San Francesco](/static/images/wikipedia/Italy_Siena_Basilica-di-San-Francesco.jpg)
San Francesco is a basilica church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 2: San Pietro a Ovile
San Pietro a Ovile is a medieval Roman Catholic church located on the Via del Giglio in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 3: San Vigilio
San Vigilio is a Renaissance and Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Via San Vigilio, Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The exterior has a sober classical facade, while the interior has rich Baroque decorations. The church is dedicated to the Bishop and martyr St Vigilius; it now serves as the chapel for the University of Siena. It stands across the street from the Castellare Ugurgieri, and down the street from the Palazzo Bandini Piccolomini found on the junction with Via Sallustio Bandini.
Sight 4: San Giovannino della Staffa
San Giovannino della Staffa, also known as San Giovannino in Pantaneto is a Renaissance style Roman Catholic church on Piazetta Virgilio Grassi, in the Contrada del Leocorno, Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 5: Chiesa di San Martino
San Martino is a Roman Catholic church located on Via del Porrione, in the Terzo San Martino in central in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. Adjacent to the church is the Renaissance style Logge del Papa erected in 1462 by commission by Pope Pius II Piccolomini.
Sight 6: Palazzo Sansedoni
Palazzo Sansedoni is a Gothic style urban palace and tower, whose concave facade is situated facing the Palazzo Pubblico across the Piazza del Campo in the political center of the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 7: Siena
Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. Siena is the 12th largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, with a population of 53,062 as of 2022.
Sight 8: Battistero di San Giovanni
The Battistero di San Giovanni is a religious building in Siena, Italy. It is in the square with the same name, near the final spans of the choir of the city's cathedral.
Sight 9: Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
Siena Cathedral is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
Sight 10: Opera del Duomo Museum
The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo is an art museum in Siena, in Tuscany in central Italy. It houses works of art and architectural fragments that were formerly in, or a part of, the Duomo of Siena. These include a number of Italian Gothic sculptures by Giovanni Pisano and his school from the façade of the cathedral; the Maestà of Duccio di Boninsegna, which was the altarpiece from about 1311 until 1505 or 1506; and works by Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti. There are also works moved to the museum from other churches in the area, such as the Madonna of Duccio brought from the Pieve di Santa Cecilia at Crevole in the comune of Murlo.
Sight 11: Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata
The Church of Santissima Annunziata is a Roman Catholic church in Siena, Tuscany.
Sight 12: Libreria Piccolomini
The Piccolomini Library is a monumental room in the cathedral of Siena. Located along the left aisle, before the transept, it was built in 1492 by the Archbishop of Siena, Cardinal Francesco Piccolomini Todeschini to house the rich collection of books collected by his uncle Pope Pius II. Between about 1502 and 1507 it was completely frescoed by Pinturicchio and his assistants, including the Bolognese Amico Aspertini and the young Raffaello Sanzio.
Sight 13: Chiesa di San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta
![Chiesa di San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta](/static/images/wikipedia/Italy_Siena_Chiesa-di-San-Sebastiano-in-Vallepiatta.jpg)
San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta is an ancient church next to Piazzeta della Selva in Siena, Italy. It is located in the Contrada della Selva.
Sight 14: Museo Archeologico Nazionale
The National Archaeological Museum of Siena is located in Piazza del Duomo in the complex of the ancient hospital of Santa Maria della Scala. There are numerous finds from excavations in the province of Siena.
Wikipedia: Museo archeologico nazionale di Siena (IT), Website
Sight 15: San Niccolò al Carmine
San Niccolò al Carmine, also called Santa Maria del Carmine is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church and monastery located in Pian dei Mantellini #30, near the corner of Via della Diana in the Terzo de Citta of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church now serves as the Oratory for the Contrada of Pantera. Across the street from the belltower is the Palazzo Celsi Pollini. North along Pian dei Mantellini, toward the Arco delle Due Porte, and on the same side of the street are a number of palaces built around what was once the Monastery of the Derelict Women: in order they are the Neoclassical Palazzo Incontri, the Palazzo Ravissa and the Palazzo Segardi.
Sight 16: Santi Pietro e Paolo
The church of Santi Pietro e Paolo is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church, located on Via San Marco in the contrada of Chiocciola, in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 17: Santa Lucia
Santi Niccolò e Lucia, also known only as Santa Lucia, is a Roman Catholic church located in Pian dei Mantellini, in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 18: San Pietro alle Scale
Book Ticket*San Pietro alle Scale, also known as San Pietro in Castelvecchio is a Roman Catholic parish church located on via San Pietro, Terzo of Città, in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. Initially built in the 12th century, this parish church was completely rebuilt in a Baroque style in the 17th century; the brick facade has a portal with a depiction of Glory of St Peter. The belltower dates to 1699, and the facade to 1706.
Sight 19: National Picture Gallery of Siena
The Pinacoteca Nazionale is a national museum in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists. It is housed in the Brigidi and Buonsignori palaces in the city's center: the former, built in the 14th century, it is traditionally identified as the Pannocchieschi family's residence. The Palazzo Bichi-Buonsignori, built in the 15th century, was until recently thought to have a 19th-century neo-medieval façade based on the city's Palazzo Pubblico; however, restoration in 2022 revealed that it is mostly original.
Sight 20: San Giovanni Battista
![San Giovanni Battista](/static/images/wikipedia/Italy_Siena_San-Giovanni-Battista.jpg)
The church of San Giovanni Battista, also known as the Oratory of the Tredicini, is one of the churches of Siena located in the Casato di Sotto, today the oratory of the Nobile Contrada dell'Aquila.
Sight 21: San Giuseppe
San Giuseppe is a Roman Catholic church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It was designed by Baldassare Peruzzi.
Sight 22: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino
![Chiesa di Sant'Agostino](/static/images/wikipedia/Italy_Siena_Chiesa-di-Sant'Agostino.jpg)
Sant'Agostino is a Roman Catholic church in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 23: Chiesa Di San Girolamo
The church and convent of San Girolamo is a religious complex located in Siena, in the street of the same name. Also in Siena there is the church and convent of San Girolamo in Campansi.
Sight 24: Basilica di San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi
The Church of Santa Maria dei Servi is a Romanesque style, Roman Catholic church in the Terzo of San Martino in the city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
Sight 25: Museo Bologna Buonsignori
The Bologna Buonsignori Museum is located in Siena, in Via Roma n°50, in front of the Museum of the Society of Executors of Pious Dispositions.
Sight 26: Santuccio
The Church of the Santuccio or Chiesa del Santuccio, is a small, Renaissance-style, Roman Catholic church located on Via Roma 69 in Siena, Italy. The church was once was part of the adjacent monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, occupied since 1362 by Augustinian nuns. The frescoed church is not part of the Polo Museale della Toscana, an association of museums of the Tuscan region.
Sight 27: Museo della Società di Esecutori di Pie Disposizioni
The Museum of the Society of Executors of Pious Dispositions is located in Siena in Via Roma n°71. It is set up in some rooms of the former monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli and was founded in 1938. In the building opposite, in Via Roma 50, there is the Bologna-Buonsignori Museum, which can be visited at the same times on request.
Wikipedia: Museo della Società di esecutori di pie disposizioni (IT)
Sight 28: Chiesa di San Raimondo
San Raimondo, also called San Raimondo al Refugio, is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on the intersection of Via del Refugio and Via di Fiera Vecchia, in the Terzo of Camollia of the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The church is dedicated to St Raymond of Pennafort.
Sight 29: Chiesa Di San Gaetano Da Thiene
The narrow church or oratory of San Gaetano di Thiene is found in the middle of via dei Pispini in Siena, Italy.
Sight 30: Chiesa di Santo Spirito
![Chiesa di Santo Spirito](/static/images/wikipedia/Italy_Siena_Chiesa-di-Santo-Spirito.jpg)
Santo Spirito is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church located in piazza Santo Spirito, where Via dei Pispini meets Vicolo del Sasso, in Siena, Italy.
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