{"id":2256,"date":"2014-01-28T09:10:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T08:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.campodicarlo.it\/en\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2015-10-30T09:11:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T08:11:21","slug":"visit-siena-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.campodicarlo.it\/en\/visit-siena-in-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Siena in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Siena<\/strong> is one of the most famous Italian cities and a place every tourist aims to visit during a trip to <strong><strong>Tuscany<\/strong><\/strong>. It is famous for its Palio that take place twice a year, and for its characteristic narrow streets flanked by brick buildings. The historic city is listed as a world heritage site by <strong><strong>UNESCO<\/strong><\/strong> and is filled with beautiful and interesting places to visit. But imagine you have just one day in Siena: what are the things you shouldn\u2019t miss, on any account?<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Piazza del Campo<\/strong><\/strong> dominates the city centre and is the starting point of every visit. It is one of the biggest medieval squares in the world and has an unmistakable peculiar shell-shape. Every year on July 2 and August 16 the famous Palio Horse Race takes place here. <strong><strong>Since 1300<\/strong><\/strong>, it has been the center of life in Siena and, an active market and place where the Sienese gathered during important political events, as well as for parties and celebrations. At the top of the square is the Fonte Gaia, one the most beautiful fountains in Siena (the one in the Piazza is a copy, while the remains of the original are preserved in the Museum complex of Santa Maria della Scala).<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Torre del Mangia<\/strong><\/strong> takes its name from <strong><strong>Giovanni di Duccio<\/strong><\/strong>, its first guardian, whose nickname was \u201c<strong><strong>Mangiaguadagni<\/strong><\/strong>\u201d (literally \u2018earning eater\u2019), as he spent all his earnings eating in the taverns of Siena. If you are afraid of heights, you might not want to venture up the 88 meters (400 steps!) of the Torre del Mangia, but you\u2019ll miss a wonderful view. From here the sight is truly breathtaking. You can see all of Siena: Piazza del Campo, the Cathedral a little further away and beyond, the distant hills.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><strong>Cathedral<\/strong><\/strong> has a mostly white and black fa\u00e7ade. The best part of this church, which is dedicated to the Assumption, is its interior: the floor, full of esoteric symbols and religious stories; the <strong><strong>Piccolomini Library<\/strong><\/strong> with frescoes by Pinturicchio; the Piccolomini Chapel, where Michelangelo worked from 1501 to 1504, carving the statues of the four lower niches. Don\u2019t miss the pulpit by Nicola Pisano, with Biblical scenes and the Life of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><strong>Baptistery<\/strong><\/strong>. Located just behind the Cathedral, the Baptistery, built in <strong><strong>1325<\/strong><\/strong>, is one of the most important religious sites in the city. For many centuries all the inhabitants of Siena, famous or not, were baptized under the rib vault of the Baptistery. Inside you can admire frescoes and the bronze and marble baptismal font, located right in the center of the Baptistery.<\/p>\n<p>The Complex of <strong><strong>Santa Maria della Scala<\/strong><\/strong> used to be an important civic hospital dedicated to caring for abandoned children, the poor, the sick, and pilgrims. Right in front of the majestic <strong><strong>Duomo of Siena<\/strong><\/strong>, the complex is now a museum. In the 1330s Santa Maria della Scala commissioned many important interior and exterior frescoes as well as several significant altar pieces. The whole complex hosts several museums and splendid monumental areas. The museum is spread over four floors.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><strong>Public Palace of Siena<\/strong><\/strong> is the place of Siena\u2019s political power: all the rulers of Siena have lived here. In the Palace you can find the Civic Museum of Siena, with its famous frescoes by Ambrogio Lorenzetti representing the Allegory of Good and Bad Government.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><strong>Civic Museum<\/strong><\/strong> of Siena contains one of the world\u2019s most famous allegories: the Bad and the Good Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, painted on the walls.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><strong>Church of San Domenico<\/strong><\/strong> is characterized by the massive architecture and the relic of the Holy Head of Saint Catherine from Siena. The most important part of the church is the St. Catherine Chapel in the middle of the right nave wall. The chapel has frescoes by Il Sodoma.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Food in Siena<\/strong><\/strong>: you can find many traditional dishes in Siena. Wild boar (particularly the Cinta Senese) and hare make for delicious croutons, pappardelle pasta and grilled meat. Then there are local sausages, cheese, liver, ribollita soup and more. Siena and its province also have great wines: <strong><strong>Chianti<\/strong><\/strong>, <strong><strong>Brunello di Montalcino<\/strong><\/strong>, <strong><strong>Montepulciano<\/strong><\/strong> and <strong><strong>Vernaccia di San Gimignano<\/strong><\/strong>. There is also plenty of choice for dessert: cantucci biscuits, Ricciarelli, Panforte and Cavallucci, accompanied by the classic Vin Santo.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Siena by night<\/strong><\/strong>: Siena doesn\u2019t offer the attraction of a big city but, after a day spent visiting museums, churches, palaces up and down the steep streets, you\u2019re unlikely to have the strength or desire to go to a club. I suggest a good dinner at a restaurant and then a slow stroll through the narrow streets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siena is one of the most famous Italian cities and a place every tourist aims to visit during a trip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Visit Siena in one day - Campo di Carlo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.campodicarlo.it\/en\/visit-siena-in-one-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Visit Siena in one day - 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