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Piazza Duomo
The Cathedral , is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption and was completed in the main part at the beginning of 1215:
- inlaid Marble Pavement, (only visible in September and October): divided into 56 squares, representing the history of Time, of Man and Salvation. Carried out between 1300 and 1500 by the most distinguished Senese artists.
- Pulpit: depicts scenes from the Life of Christ, carved by Nicola Pisano from 1266 to 1268.
- Madonna of the Vow: school of Guido from Siena, second half of the XIII century.
- Piccolomini Library: Pinturicchio's frescoes (1502-1507) portraying the life of Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, future Pope Pio III.
Museo dell'OPA (Cathedral's Museum)
- Maestà by Duccio di Buoninsegna from 1308 to 1311.
Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala, now Museum
- Il Pellegrinaio: frescoes by Domenico di Bartolo and Vecchietta from 1440 to 1443. Scenes representing the function of the institution: offering shelter to the pilgrims, helping the poor, assisting the sick, receiving and caring for the orphans.
Piazza del Campo
Il Campo , constructed during the time of The Council of Nine, Siena's ruling body (1287-1355): it was the greatest period stability and artist splendour of the Republic of Siena. It is in the shape of a shell, which makes good use of the natural slope of the terrain.
- Fonte Gaia: a copy of the original done by Jacopo della Quercia in 1409.
- Torre del Mangia: the bell tower was built in 1341.
- Palazzo Pubblico: started after 1250 and completed in 1310.
- Cappella di Piazza: built in 1352 to record the plague of 1348.
Museo Civico
- Maestà by Simone Martini in 1315.
- Guidoriccio da Fogliano by Simone Martini in 1328.
- allegory of Good and Bad Government and their effects on the city and countryside, a pair of frescoes by Ambrogio Lorenzetti from 1338 to 1340.
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