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Siena Guide Guided tours of Siena San Giminiano, Pienza : insolite tour With a private licensed Rome guide |
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Guided walking tours of Siena : monuments, churches, galeries
: insolite tour
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1. Cathedral floor : the unveiled
floor of cathedral: the marble floor was inlaid and carved by many
artists between XIVth and XVIth century. Visitors can see a lot of
episodes taken from mythology and from Old and New Testament and
also some exoterical characters. Only in September and in October
it's possible to see the whole floor. 2. Gastronomic tours: during the tour of
Siena and its province, it's possible to have a break in order to
taste some typical products such as wine, olive oil and sweets
(panforte, ricciarelli and cantucci) at qualified wine and pastry
shops and restaurants with special menu with old medieval recipes
or special dinners in order to promote and taste any typical
products with a musical or litterary entertainment. 3. SPECIAL TOURS FOR STUDENTS (2 hours) Visit of the old town with historical
references about Middle Age (architecture, origin of the
city-state, the middle class and merchants, the importance of
water and the fountains, the construction of the cathedral). |
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B. The Town Hall, with frescoed about Good and Bad Government by Ambrose Lorenzetti (14 th century) which "take a picture" of Siena in Middle Age and the freco about Guidoriccio da Fogliano, the symbol of the medieval noble knight, painted by Simone Martini. C. The Hospital "Santa Maria della Scala", may be the oldest European hospital built in XIth century, a social an political institution for pilgrims and for the town itself. Transformed into a museum in 1992, we can visit a special room, named "Pellegrinaio", frescoed in XVth century with historical episodes about the hospital. Underneath it's possible to visit the Etruscan Museum and many interesting and "hidden" parts. |
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