The Piazza del Campo, Siena’s main square, is surely the most theatrical public space in the whole of Tuscany.

Tuscany is known for its rolling hills with neat rows of vineyards and centuries-old olive groves, medieval towns brimming ...

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While its neighbour, Florence, is larger, and world-famous for its Renaissance art and architecture, Siena is smaller, medieval, and deeply tied to local traditions. Siena is famous for its deeply ...

The medieval city of Siena is a treasure trove of Renaissance art, which is the focus of a new exhibition at the National Gallery. Michael Hodges heads to Tuscany to experience the magic for himself ...

To Hémery, it is an opportunity to position Siena more centrally in debates about Renaissance art. Axel Hémery and Cecile Hollberg, the former director of Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia ...

Planted in the heart of Siena, walking distance to all of the ... and one of only a handful of its ilk outside of Venice, Rome and Florence. There is a lavish taste of Avignon in this elegant ...

Ever since the virulently pro-Florentine 16th-century artist and writer Giorgio Vasari drastically downplayed Siena’s importance, art historians have been giving Florence the credit for starting ...